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People's stories
Aged 46-55
Interview 01
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A long term survivor who has done a considerable amount of voluntary work in Aids, uses complementary health approaches, and is concerned about HIV discrimination ...
Interview 07
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He was admitted to hospital with PCP (Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia) and was diagnosed with HIV in 2000. He is involved in helping black African men. ( ...
Interview 09
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Now on anti-retroviral treatment (nevirapine, tenofovir, 3TC), she has overcome her isolation mainly through support groups and her Christian church which is accepting of ...
Interview 04
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He was taking saquinavir, ritonavir, tenofovir, and ddI with few side effects. He was also taking Prozac for depression. He had an undetectable viral load. ...
Interview 05
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His current T cells are 600 and he is not on anti-HIV medication. He is happy to be alive now, does voluntary work (non- ...
Interview 16
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He was taking a combination of anti-virals (zidovudine, nevirapine and abacavir) with no side effects. He has less energy than he once did, but ...
Interview 19
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Although medically retired, he is very active and works voluntarily. He is currently on lopinavir, 3TC, abacavir, ddI and tenofovir, with 1700 viral copies. Side- ...
Interview 24
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At one stage, he was very unwell and his CD4 cells were as low as 200. Since drug rehabilitation in the Russian Exodus Christian charity, ...
Interview 43
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She has teenage children, and although she found it difficult to tell them about her HIV, they were very supportive. She believes that for women ...
Interview 38
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Although he has developed a lot of resistance to anti-HIV drugs, he is currently doing well on T20, TMC114 (as part of a trial), ...
Interview 42
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She became sick in the UK while visiting some of her children who live here, and she feels she is now 'stuck here.' The uncertainty ...
Interview 44
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She has not told some of her children about her HIV because some are still in Africa and may suffer ill treatment due to stigma. ...
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