Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects millions of people globally. The associated stigma remains a challenge for individuals living with HIV and child
Why are microbicides important? We need new prevention technologies. Having the female condom and the male condom is simply not enough. People don't like to use condoms, or they don't use them for a number of reasons: They can't use them; they're in situations where violence would be ...
we argue that such interventions could profitably focus on addressing poverty or homelessness, building social support networks and coping skills, providing substance use disorder treatment as applicable, and preparation for linkage to HIV care in the event of a positive diagnosis. In...
If you test negative at this point, you have not seroconverted and any symptoms you have are due to something else, such as another virus. If you test positive for HIV and the results are confirmed, know that effective HIV treatment can keep the effects of the virus at bay and let you...
The women expressed the conflict of having a serious disease and not feeling any bodily symptoms. A woman from Equatorial Guinea who was going through the asymptomatic stage told us how her anxiety led her to feel what seemed to be HIV symptoms; as a consequence, she kept a constant relation...
HIV is a term used for the condition human immunodeficiency virus. This virus infects the cells of the immune system and then proceeds to destroy them and impair their overall function. HIV is considered a progressing disease as it often manifests initially with limited signs and symptoms and ...
The women expressed the conflict of having a serious disease and not feeling any bodily symptoms. A woman from Equatorial Guinea who was going through the asymptomatic stage told us how her anxiety led her to feel what seemed to be HIV symptoms; as a consequence, she kept a constant relation...
According to GBQMSM, decisions aboutwhether to get testedwas affected by stigma through stereotyping of HIV testers as sexually promiscuous, and through fears of sexual rejection if they tested positive. Fear of rejection from friends and family, rooted in others’ “horror stories,” could also ...
andSIDAahora; publishes an English/Spanish HIV/AIDS resource directory for the greater New York area. Call the HelpLine for referrals (mental health, drug treatment, testing sites), questions about transmission, safer sex and emotional support. The staff at Body Positive will also respond to ...
The truth is, the inserts state how the tests should be used; responsibly, taking into account symptoms and advising repeating of positive results and if still positive, further testing with different modalities. In other words, responsibly. The tests themselves state how highly accurate the tests...