Infectious Diseases and Rare Diseases

Lived Experience of HIV

Getting affected from HIV can change a person’s life for good. It changes the social aspects of people’s lives as well as their psychological and physical aspects which in turn lead to change in their behaviour. None the less, people start showing mixed attitudes towards the HIV infected individuals. Regardless of the difficulties and the atrocities, HIV doesn’t have to stop people living a long, happy and fulfilled life. With the appropriate medical treatment and support, it is possible for a HIV infected individuals to live their lives similar to that of an average human being. There are a lot of mixed views and misconceptions associated with people living with HIV/AIDS. Each individual is living a different life than others– how he copes with his diagnosis and goes forward in his life will be unique to that individual. It is a principle, which supports the active and meaningful cooperation of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the design, research and development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all policies and programmes that may affect their lives.