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Tag: africa

Living with HIV/AIDS around the world

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Sophia Forum

In the past 12 years I have had first-hand experience of positive and negative challenges faced by a person living with HIV/AIDS in four different countries. England: Diagnosis Nothing ever […]

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Doyal, L., & Anderson, J. (2015). ‘HIV-positive African women surviving in London: report of a qualitative study’. Gender & Development, 14(1), pp. 95-104.

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Sophia Forum

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 […]

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Anderson, 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

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Sophia Forum

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 […]

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African women with HIV coerced into sterilisation

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Sophia Forum

Author: David Smith Date: 2009 Publisher: Guardian Format: Article Link to article

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HIV, women and the health sector

HIV-positive African women surviving in London: Report of a qualitative study

Posted on February 19, 2003 by Sophia Forum

Authors: Lesley Doyal and Jane Anderson Publisher: THT Date: 2003 Format: Extract from a report

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