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Experience of Sexual Violence Among Women in HIV Discordant Unions After Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing: A Qualitative Critical Incident Study in Uganda

The researchers investigated experiences of sexual violence among women in HIV discordant unions, relationships in which one partner is HIV-infected and the other is not, attending HIV post-test club services in Uganda. The qualitative critical... Read more »

HIV Frontlines: HIV/AIDS and Homophobia in Jamaica

Table of Contents Introduction Homophobia in Jamaica HIV/AIDS Treatment in Jamaica About the MAC AIDS Fund Poetry and HIV/AIDS Advocacy Ways You Can Help Welcome to HIV Frontlines: Global Edition . In this series, we talk to a... Read more »

Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Tutorial on Domestic HIV/AIDS

Domestic HIV/AIDS Tutorial , Kaiser Family Foundation : This new narrated slideshow tutorial on kaiserEDU.org provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and highlights its impact on women, minorities and youth. The tutorial also... Read more »

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Follow Up: K's 14 week post exposure HIV 1/2 test (ANOTHER FLUFFERNUTTER REGAINS HIS SANITY AND TESTS HIV NEGATIVE, 2010)

Hi DR.Bob;Hope you are well. K here with you. Finally got my over 3 months post test results back..NEGATIVE!! for HIV p24 antigen and HIV-1/2 antibody! What a rollercoaster ride. I guess you were right and i was wrong!! I assume the test is...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello K,WOO-HOO! Are you actually admitting I was right??? WOWZA! Well spank my butt and call me a Republican. I can hardly believe the words I'm reading! BRAVO K for believing your definitive and conclusive test results. Many folks who have... Read more »

how raise empathy for HIV+ people?

How best can one raise the empathy of healthy personstoward those who are HIV+? ...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

Understanding and empathy toward those with HIV infection improves with greater education about the illness. Knowledge and understanding of the illness helps people to realize that HIV infection is a medical illness, rather than a moral punishment... Read more »

HIV/AIDS and dental problems

Hello Dr. Reznik. I am a 5th year social work student and am currently doing a work term. Part of this work term requires that I do a policy analysis. I would like to propose an increase in dental coverage for HIV/AIDS patients. The current policy...

Response from David A. Reznik, D.D.S.

Grady Health System

Dear Sue:Thank you for this inquiry as access to dental care for people living with HIV/AIDS is a most important issue! May I suggest that you begin your research by glancing at the Ryan White Title I grant narrative I wrote for the Oral Health... Read more »

What about the discrimination against women with positive HIV/AIDS?

Dear Ms. Breuer,I have recently come across this grate site, and having read couple of messages with your answers I have decided to ask you to help me if possible. The point is that I want to write my Term Paper about "Avoidance of...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Dear Lela, There are indeed very good sites for information about discrimination against women with HIV. I suggest starting with a strong one and then following the links from that site. A good starting place is this Website--TheBody.com (click on... Read more »

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new documentary on HIV and African American youths

Posted by bartleby, 1 Reply

Hey all,

Have you heard about this new documentary by Claudia Pryor entitled "Why Us? Left Behind and Dying"? Even though African Americans between the ages of 11 and 25 account for 65% of new infections, HIV is still not discussed enough (or at all... Read more »

Calling All HIV+ Artists!

Posted by InfectiousArt, 2 Replies

Painters, sculptors, dancers, musicians, poets, storytellers, performance artists, fire twirlers, graffiti artists, graphic artists, ALL creative geniuses! If you are HIV+ or your work has been profoundly affected by HIV/AIDS, we want YOU!

Tobin Del... Read more »

New Organization for INternational Service by HIV+

Posted by clr100

On March first I launched Volunteer Positive, the first international volunteer service organization for people living with HIV. I will be taking HIV affected and infected people to serve internationally and connecting them with parallel HIV... Read more »

International Service for People Living with HIV

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