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I was honoured to be selected by IAS to participate at the 24th International AIDS Conference. AIDS2022 took in place in Montreal between 27 July and 2 August. Let me first of all state that everyone, including me, was so...

This blog was not easy to write… Yes, HIV took my motherhood… Back in those times when I was diagnosed, we had no medicine. At least, I didn't have any access to treatment in Colombia, my country where I left...

I am understanding the trauma I have experienced and how it has affected me. I have done nothing wrong, there is no one to blame. Life circumstances create opportunities for personal growth. Death of my father at age 12, marital...

Life is always so chaotic. Have you ever just stopped to take a moment for self love and self care? Anxiety about the future? Stressed? Emotions getting the best of you? Lets try to stay in the here and now...

A Girl Like Me blogger, Angel S.How to touch on this subject. The smiles feel like sugar. Validation is the aid in self esteem, essentially the acceptance in validation grows inner strength. Building off the positive reaction to the action...

The 24th biennial International AIDS Conference took place from the end of July into the beginning of August this year, and I was happy to have been able to attend. The first Montréal IAS (International AIDS Society) meeting was in...

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I am a healthy 62 year old woman living with untransmittable HIV for 20 years. I take care of myself, exercise, cook healthy meals, and work full-time at an integrative health clinic managing the Botanical Medicine Department. I have an...

This is a 15-week, randomized, double blind, controlled NIH-funded clinical trial investigating the efficacy of acupuncture/moxibustion in reducing pain/discomfort associated with HIV related peripheral neuropathy.