By 2007 over 40,000 were living with HIV in the UK and ‘positive prevention’ interventions were beginning to focus HIV prevention on people living with HIV. There was uncertainty about […]
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Moses, S. H., & Dhar, J. (2012). ‘A survey of the sexual and reproductive health of HIV-positive women in Leicester’. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 23, pp. 282–284.
This article reports results from a survey of sexual practices, contraception use and pregnancy plans in HIV-positive women in Leicester. The majority (96%) of women were aware of the benefits […]
Read moreDoyal, L., & Anderson, J. (2015). ‘HIV-positive African women surviving in London: report of a qualitative study’. Gender & Development, 14(1), pp. 95-104.
A decade later new analysis found that about three-quarters of all women in the UK diagnosed as HIV positive come from the African continent. However, very little is still known […]
Read moreDhairyawan, R., Tariq, S., Scourse, R., & Coyne, K. (2013). ‘Intimate partner violence in women living with HIV attending an inner city clinic in the UK: prevalence and associated factors’. HIV Medicine, 14(5), pp. 303–310.
Many studies throughout the world have shown high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women living with HIV but data from the UK has been lacking. This study […]
Read moreCliffe, S., Townsend, C. L., Cortina-Borja, M., & Newell, M-L. (2011). ‘Fertility intentions of HIV-infected women in the United Kingdom’. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 23(9), pp. 1093-1101
In the UK the number of pregnancies in women living with HIV increased dramatically over a decade but attitudes towards childbearing among women living with HIV have not been previously […]
Read moreDoyal, L., & Anderson, J. (2005). ‘‘My fear is to fall in love again’ How HIV-positive African women survive in London’. Social Science & Medicine, 60, pp. 1729–1738
A decade ago studies increasingly documented the circumstances of people living with HIV around the world, particularly about the experiences of women in the hyper endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa. […]
Read moreDibb, B. & Kamalesh, T. (2012). ‘Exploring positive adjustment in HIV positive African women living in the UK’. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 24(2), pp. 143-148
Research into living with HIV has mainly focused on quality of life and there has been little focus on the adjustment process for people living with HIV. The numbers of […]
Read moreAnderson, J. & Doyal, L., (2004). ‘Women from Africa living with HIV in London: a descriptive study’. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 16(1), pp. 95-105
A decade ago there were no studies that have examined the particular needs and experiences of African women living with HIV in the UK. At that time women from Africa […]
Read moreNovember 2015 Newsletter
In this newsletter: Nearly 10 years on, needed now more than ever Raising the profile of positive women Poems from our WISE-UP+ participants A Cloud of Light: My HIV story […]
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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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