[Viva] Fwd: FW: Are You an HIV-Positive Woman?

Mon Oct 3 16:41:45 PDT 2011

The Body is a good resource for information about HIV and treatments,etc.
See below.
Margarite

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From: Shelly Tognazzini <shellyt at positivelivingbc.org>
Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Subject: FW: Are You an HIV-Positive Woman?
To: "margaritesanchez at gmail.com" <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>

can you post this to list serve - if it hasn't been already...
thanks M. ...wont let me from the hospital for some reason...

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From: Ruth Marzetti
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:46 PM
To: Shelly Tognazzini
Subject: FW: Are You an HIV-Positive Woman?

I got this, it might be of interest to you

Ruth

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From: News at The Body [mailto:update at news.thebody.com]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:35 PM
To: Adriaan de Vries
Subject: Are You an HIV-Positive Woman?

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When the HIV epidemic first hit the U.S., it was believed to be a white, gay
man's disease -- in 1985, women and girls accounted for a mere 7 percent of
newly diagnosed HIV cases. But 30 years later, HIV has silently become a
serious issue for American women. Women and girls account for almost 30
percent of newly diagnosed HIV cases. Not to mention that it is the No. 1
killer of African-American women ages 25-34.

But while HIV rates continue to increase, there are not enough resources for
women to rely on for crucial information. This is why TheBody.com created
the HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women and why we continue to update it with
new content, amazing personal stories and useful information!

So, whether you're recently diagnosed, a longtime HIV survivor, an HIV
advocate, an HIV prevention expert or a person who simply wants to learn
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because you are a woman living with HIV doesn't mean you have to kiss your
dreams of being a mother goodbye. Advances in HIV treatment have greatly
lowered the chances that a mother will pass HIV on to her baby -- to as low
as 1 in 100. The Well Project discusses how to reduce the chance of
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we first met Damaries Cruz in the fall of 2008, she'd just participated in a
groundbreaking HIV awareness campaign for Spanish-language television. She
was a well-known speaker and HIV educator at a large Florida county health
department. She seemed to be doing well after 17 years of living with HIV,
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graduating college in the late '80s, Monique Howard has been working in the
HIV/AIDS field. Whether she was examining specimens in a lab; implementing
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Our booklet can help answer questions about when to start treatment, getting
linked to care, finding support and how and when to disclose one's status to
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This section features roundtable conversations and special reports that take
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Female bloggers from all different walks of life and ethnicities -- some
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We hope you find our HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women inspiring,
empowering, informative and useful.

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