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Phumzile, age 52 / Johannesburg, South Africa

June 5, 2018 by admin

    We need to remember that HIV is a justice issue. If we don’t deal with the structural injustices, people will continue being vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. The religious community has a responsibility to spread positive messages and if we still have negative messages within our religious contexts, I believe that those messages […]

Categories: Africa, Age 50-54, Female • Tags: advocacy, anger, arthritis, body image, caregiving, Caring for Older Adults, children/parenthood, dating, death/dying, depression, diabetes, dignity/respect, doctor/patient relationship, employment/retirement, exercise/fitness, faith/spirituality, family, finances, helping others, HIV/AIDS education, human rights, intergenerational, justice, life experience/age as an asset, married/life partner(s), menopause, positive outlook, pre/post-test counseling, sex/sexuality, side effects, South Africa, stigma, stress, support, treatement access, weight, Women & Girls

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Rick, age 60 / Pretoria, South Africa

June 8, 2017 by admin

    Originally I was from Scotland. I’ve been in South Africa now for 36 years. I think I befriended my little virus in South Africa – that’s 30 years ago. AIDS in South Africa in that time was very different to what it is now. It was bad. I worked with an organization who […]

Categories: Africa, Age 60-64, Europe, Male • Tags: ACTIVISM, advocacy, cancer, caregiving, coping, dating, death/dying, disclosure, employment/retirement, family, grief/loss, married/life partner, opportunistic infections, PCP, positive outlook, Scotland, South Africa, support groups, thrombosis/blood clot, weight, working in HIV/AIDS community

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Nomampondo, age 52 / Johannesburg, South Africa

December 2, 2016 by admin

    At least be there for the mothers! I always tell my daughter that she saw me struggling in front of her, bringing them up as a single parent. She has to be there for their mother–  for her kids as well. We were the faces of AIDS in the beginning, during those difficult […]

Categories: Africa, Age 50-54, Female • Tags: advocacy, ageism, caregiving, confidentiality, death/dying, disclosure, doctor/patient relationship, employment discrimination, family, guilt, memory/brain health, Neuropathy, night sweats, polypharmacy, shingles, side effects, South Africa, stigma, TB, treatment access

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