Yinka Jegede-Ekpe

Yinka Jegede-Ekpe
Born1978 (age 47–48)
Nigeria
OccupationHIV/AIDS Activist
OrganizationThe Nigerian Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Known forFirst Nigerian woman to come out as HIV-positive
Children3
AwardsReebok Human Rights Award (2004)

Yinka Jegede-Ekpe Listenⓘ (born c. 1978) is a Nigerian HIV/AIDS activist. After being diagnosed as HIV-positive, she became the first Nigerian woman to publicly announce her status. She experienced discrimination and set up the Nigerian Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS organisation to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. In 2006, she gave birth to a healthy HIV-negative baby.

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