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For many years, it was very hard in the Kingdom of Bhutan to talk about HIV / AIDS. It was a taboo subject. The first case was reported in 1993, and there are still only 403 known cases - but because of the culture of shame and secrecy, the real figure is possibly much higher. But in 2011, something very significant happened. A young Bhutanese couple decided to announce to the entire country that they were HIV positive - a very courageous thing to do. In the first of a series of reports from Bhutan, Outlook's Candida Beveridge went to meet them.

(Picture: Tshering Choden (Left) and Wangda Dorje (Right)
Picture credit: Candida Beveridge)