Welcome to namlife
Welcome to namlife, where as well as the facts about HIV, you can read about people’s experiences of living with HIV, in their own words.
These personal stories cover a wide range of experiences. They are testament to the huge advances in the treatment of HIV, and may inspire you to share your own story. If you would like to do this, click here.
This website is always developing. We welcome any feedback you might have.
Get straight to the facts
- namlife : an introduction
- Just found out you're HIV-positive?
- HIV, the basics
- Telling people you are HIV-positive
- Getting HIV treatment and care
- Key tests to monitor HIV - CD4 and viral load
- HIV treatment
- Taking your treatment - adherence
- Side-effects
- Sex
- Having a relationship with an HIV-negative partner
- Mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
- Emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Symptoms and illnesses
- Complementary therapies
- Daily health issues
- Nutrition and HIV
- Exercise
- Stigma and discrimination
- Money
- Housing
- Travel
- Work
- HIV and the law
- End-of-life issues
- Finding information and support
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Latest HIV News
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Cotrimoxazole to prevent infections
The antiobiotic cotrimoxazole is currently recommended by the World Health Organization for anyone with HIV who has a CD4 count below 350 in low and middle-income countries. It is also recommended for anyone with HIV who has serious symptoms such as an opportunistic infection, TB or wasting disease, regardless of CD4 cell count.
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Hepatitis B vaccination
Hepatitis B is a virus that is transmitted in similar ways to HIV. Therefore large numbers of people with HIV are also co-infected with hepatitis B.
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Hepatitis C and insulin resistance
Many people with HIV are also co-infected with hepatitis C.
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CD4 cell count and viral load
Your routine HIV care will involve a number of blood tests to see how the virus is affecting your health.
