HIV Disclosure Project

"The unadjusted life expectancy of U.S. women with HIV is 12 years less than U.S. women without HIV. Understanding how women with HIV die is necessary to reduce this disparity but is compromised by well-documented flaws with death certificate data."

"HIV stigma was considered a cause of death when it interfered with necessary medications and/or treatments or was a clear contributor to another cause of death (eg, medication nonadherence, depression)." Stigma is exacerbated by the notion that women are responsible for transmission of HIV, yet refuting this claim is completely ignored.

Causes of Death of Women With HIV: Discordance Between... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes rnia, San Francisco Women's HIV Program. Methods: Using a period cross-sectional design, we compared multiple causes of death in women with HIV determined by structured meetings of an interdisciplinary clinic team with multiple causes of death listed on death certificates. We included deaths occurri...

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