B.28. Karen Judith Samayoa Vásquez 84. Mrs. Samayoa Vásquez was born in the municipality of Guatemala, department of Guatemala, Guatemala, on May 6, 1974. She lives in Guatemala City. She is a commercial secretary. She was diagnosed with HIV in 2002 in the San Juan de Dios Hospital and was immediately referred to MSF. She did not receive medical treatment at the time because there was a scarcity of drugs and they were only provided to those who were in the final stages of the disease. She began antiretroviral treatment in 2005 because, owing to her pregnancy, it became necessary to provide her with the drugs required to avoid vertical transmission to her daughter. The medical care and the antiretroviral treatment were provided by the Luis Ángel García Clinic, which she attends at the present time. This clinic is approximately five kilometers from her home. Mrs. Samayoa Vásquez indicated that when she was asked if she wanted to be transferred to the IGSS, because she was eligible for this benefit through her former partner, she refused because “the care is bad.” As a result of HIV, she has suffered from lymph node problems and depression. Following her diagnosis, her employment situation changed. Up until 2016, she worked as a receptionist in a restaurant. She also receives financial support from her former partner to cover their daughter’s schooling.346 85. Her family unit consists of her daughters Beverly Analucía Samayoa Vásquez and Karen Gabriela Perez Samayoa, and her former partner Israel Pérez Charal.347 B.29. Francisco Sop Quiej 86. Mr. Sop Quiej was born in the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, department of Suchitepéquez, Guatemala, on October 4, 1962. He lives in the department of Suchitepéquez, Guatemala. He has a diploma in arts and sciences. He speaks Spanish and Quiché. Currently, he works as a farmer. He was diagnosed with HIV in August 2000 in the Military Medical Center. Initially, he received medical care in the Military Hospital and in MSF and, subsequently, he was transferred to the Coatepeque National Hospital in around 2005. He has undergone CD4 counts and viral load testing irregularly, and he has had at least one genotype test. At times, he has had to cover the cost of the CD4 counts and viral load tests. He has not received either nutritional or social support, or family care, but he has been given condoms as a method of prevention. He has suffered from the opportunistic infection of moniliasis. Before the diagnosis, he worked for the Guatemalan National Army. Subsequently, and owing to the discrimination he suffered from some of the officers and his colleagues, he left the Army and began to grow maxán leaves [Note: used for wrapping tamales] with bananas and coffee on a plot belonging to his mother. He indicated that it takes him two hours to travel from his home to Coatepeque and costs 60 quetzals each way. At times he is unable to pay this and has to resort to loans from his family and friends.348 Birth certificate of Karen Judith Samayoa Vásquez (evidence file, folio 12908); Affidavit prepared by Karen Judith Samayoa Vásquez on December 19, 2016 (evidence file, folios 11536, 11537 and 11538); expert opinion provided by Ricardo Boza Cordero at the public hearing held before the Court and written report on this opinion (merits file, folios 1480 and 1481); and the State’s report of October 1, 2010 (evidence file, folio 1430). 346 347 Affidavit prepared by Karen Judith Samayoa Vásquez of December 19, 2016 (evidence file, folio 11536). Birth certificate of Francisco Sop Quiej (evidence file, folio 12830); statements made by Francisco Sop Quiej on January 11 and February 11, 2017 (evidence file, folios 11639, 11640, 11641, 11643, 11644 and 11645); Table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón as an annex to the petitioners’ brief of June 27, 2008 (evidence file, folio 12775); table with information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, through interviews in November 2010 (evidence file, folios 12803 and 12804); the State’s report of February 14, 2012 (evidence file, folio 1323), and expert opinion provided by Ricardo Boza Cordero at the public hearing held before the Court and written report on this opinion (merits file, folio 1474). 348 110