L Thorley Stigma Index 2015 FPA, London, UK Justification for this research: In the age of undetectability and wide usage of ART, the 2015 Stigma Index indicates that stigma – […]
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Thoughts from women living with HIV on International Women’s Day 2016
Despite living with HIV, positive women still have power within themselves to change the world for better. With improved HIV treatment women are able to pursue their dreams. I call […]
Read moreSherr, L., Clucas, C., Lampe, F., Harding, R., Fisher, M., Anderson, J., Clucas, C. (2012). ‘Gender and Mental Health Aspects of Living with HIV Disease and Its Longer-Term Outcomes for UK Heterosexual Patients’. Women & Health, 52(3), pp. 214-233.
Gender is important in the experience of illness generally and HIV specifically. In this study the authors compare the experiences of 183 HIV positive women with 76 HIV positive heterosexual […]
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My HIV story Spring of 1990 I was diagnosed with HIV – AIDS. I was 24 years old and I was in prison; remanded in custody for illegal drug possession. […]
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