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Growing Up with HIV: Kim Canady’s Journey from Loss to Advocacy

Growing Up with HIV: Kim Canady’s Journey from Loss to Advocacy
06/26/2025 | Companies
In 1996, when Kim Canady was just nine years old, her life changed forever—she lost both of her parents within the same year. At the time, she had no idea that their deaths were related to HIV complications, or that she herself had been living with HIV since birth. What stood out to her, even then,...
dandelion HIV, Gilead Sciences, HIV advocacy, HIV and parenting, HIV awareness, HIV education, HIV lived experience, HIV medication, HIV stigma, HIV survivor story, Kim Canady, living with HIV, pediatric HIV, public health, women with HIV

Breaking the Stigma: Lessons from HIV Helping Lung Cancer Patients

Breaking the Stigma: Lessons from HIV Helping Lung Cancer Patients
03/31/2025 | Companies
HIV and lung cancer may seem unrelated from a medical standpoint, but both conditions carry a stigma that can negatively impact patients and their access to treatment. However, insights gained from the HIV epidemic are now helping those affected by lung cancer and their families. In the early...
cancer education, disease stigma, health advocacy, healthcare equality, HIV stigma, lung cancer awareness, medical misconceptions, patient support, public health, tobacco-free lung cancer

Dr. Summer Sitima: Advancing HIV Awareness and Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Summer Sitima: Advancing HIV Awareness and Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa
08/22/2024 | Companies
Dr. Summer Sitima, born into a Kenyan family with 24 siblings during the 1990s—a period marked by the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa—has a vivid memory from 1997 that deeply impacted her life. As a child, she witnessed the arrival of her sister's husband at their door, carrying the frail body...
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