Beauty queen Rolene Strauss shares 'deeply personal' encounter with HIV

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Beauty queen Rolene Strauss shares 'deeply personal' encounter with HIV

The beauty queen said she was exposed to it in 2017 after giving birth to her first child.emphasised the importance of protecting oneself against HIV as she shared her"deeply personal" encounter with the disease in 2017.

"I was breastfeeding at the time and had to go on post-exposure prophylaxis," Strauss recalled."I can still remember all the questions running through my head at the time." Sharing the story, as part of the #ForeverWena campaign, the expectant mom of two said protecting oneself in motherhood was paramount, adding that she understood the"crucial" link between maternal and child health.

The former Miss World and Miss South Africa is not the first personality to join the awareness campaign. She joins reality TV star Thobile 'MaKhumalo' Mseleku and rapper Cassper Nyovest.

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