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Christine Joy Maggiore (July 25, 1956 – December 27, 2008) was an HIV-positive activist and promoter of HIV/AIDS denialism. [1] [2] She was the founder of Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives, an organization which disputes the link between HIV and AIDS and urges HIV-positive pregnant women to avoid anti-HIV medication. [3]
If a pregnant woman presents in labor with an unknown HIV status and a positive rapid HIV test result or an infant has a high risk of HIV transmission in utero (for example, the mother was not taking antiretroviral drugs in the pre-pregnancy period or during pregnancy, the mother had not achieved viral suppression, or the mother experienced an ...
As one of the few HIV positive people willing to talk to the media she became involved in discussing discrimination and the marriage of HIV positive people to "innocent" partners. [3] She was one of the founders of Positive Women Network with Varalakshmi, Jones and Hema. They created pressure on government organisations to supply information on ...
On June 27, Paul McCartney threw his support behind the Born HIV Free campaign by allowing his concert at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park to be exclusive streamed through the Born HIV Free YouTube channel which has more than 11 million views. McCartney's donated set was the first European show to be streamed live on YouTube.
She contracted HIV from a foreign customer while working as a club entertainer in the early 1990s. Her life story was made into a movie entitled The Secrets of Sarah Jane (Sana'y Mapatawad Mo ) in 1994 starring Gelli de Belen , who won a best actress award for the role at the 1995 Gawad Urian Awards .
The “New York patient,” as the woman is being called, because she received her treatment at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, was diagnosed with HIV in 2013 ...
American drag queen and HIV activist, competed on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, and became one of the first reality TV stars to come out as HIV positive. [135] Q (born 1998) American drag queen, competed on the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. [136] Norman René (1951–1996)
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