Dear A Girl Like Me readers, We are very pleased to share the exciting news below with all of you, today, on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Also in honor of this day, we would like to tell all the women that blog on A Girl Like Me that we are inspired daily by your honesty and strength, and for sharing your stories with others. We strongly encourage you to take some time to read through the comments left by women from around the world on the blog posts, as the impact you have in helping others feel less isolated and less stigmatized is far and wide. And to those who visit A...
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In case you didn't see it, A Girl Like Me blogger, Kate, was interviewed for World AIDS Day on TheFrisky.com. Congrats to Kate for a great interview and helping to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS to many women! http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-i-have-hiv/
Hey AGLM friends! Just a quick note to let you know that blogger, Jae, is walking tomorrow, October 23rd for the Desert AIDS Project AIDS Walk. The best part is that she has created an "A Girl Like Me" team and even made t-shirts! If you are able, please support Jae by making a donation: http://bit.ly/bu6vB9. Jae plans to blog about the walk next week! Your friends at The Well Project
The Well Project is currently seeking and accepting applications for a dynamic, experienced Executive Director to lead our organization. A job description and requirements are available on our website at: http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/About_Us/Our_People/Careers.jsp. The Well Project, Inc is a 501(c)(3) Not for Profit Corporation committed to changing the course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women. Founded in 2001 by Dawn Averitt Bridge, The Well Project, Inc. ("TWP") is now an established thought and action leader in the field of HIV care for women...
People who are HIV positive have had a long history of playing the HIV ‘waiting game’ When HIV was first discovered, we all waited for treatment. We waited for medications, anything that would help stop the virus from killing us. We waited for doctors who were willing to see us; in the beginning very few were. Some of us waited for death; wanting it to come quickly and rid us of our pain. We waited for our government to respond to the crisis; we waited a long time. We waited for compassion, for tolerance, for love; some of which we are still waiting for. We waited for forgiveness from...
Recently, we received an email from a young man named Jesse who asked our permission to use information he found on The Well Project website for a Powerpoint presentation he put together on HIV disease. We were impressed with the work that he did given the resources he found on our website (and elsewhere), and his determination to help those around him understand more about HIV--helping to break down any myths about HIV and hopefully reducing the stigma surrounding it. Jesse has set out to help the people in his life better understand HIV, as well as to help others who are newly diagnosed...
Today would have been the 44th birthday of my big sister, Ellen…and is also nearing the 12th anniversary of her passing from AIDS-related causes. Ellen is the reason I am so passionate about HIV/AIDS education and have worked in this field for the past 15 years. Ellen was diagnosed back in the early 90s when AZT monotherapy was still a possible treatment option, d4T and ddI were used in combination and protease inhibitors were but a hope on the horizon. When she was diagnosed, she had somewhere around 100 T-Cells and was thought to have been infected for several years already. She was living...
Results of a recent study published in the October issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine are circulating today ( http://bit.ly/2uWu17) on how the feeling of stigmatization that people living with HIV often experience doesn't only take a psychological toll, but it can also have a negative effect on health outcomes. Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA found that a large number of HIV+ individuals who reported feeling stigmatized also reported poor access to care or suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is just one of many reasons why this...