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How to empower yourself with your HIV care

When writer, activist and founder of POZ magazine, Sean Strub, was diagnosed with HIV, little was known about the virus. He shares his story and emphasizes the importance of community when struggling with a serious medical condition.


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  • How can people empower themselves in their own HIV care?

  • Being diagnosed with HIV

  • How important is patient engagement for people with HIV?

  • What was it like when you first got diagnosed with HIV?

  • Hopes for HIV therapy and treatment

  • What are your hopes for therapy and treatment of HIV/AIDS?

  • Why did the sense of urgency with the HIV/AIDS movement dissipate?

  • How young poc with HIV can advocate for themselves

  • My story: Nathaniel and HIV

  • Talking to the people in your life about your HIV diagnosis

Up Next

  • How can people empower themselves in their own HIV care?

  • Being diagnosed with HIV

  • How important is patient engagement for people with HIV?

  • What was it like when you first got diagnosed with HIV?

  • Hopes for HIV therapy and treatment

  • What are your hopes for therapy and treatment of HIV/AIDS?

  • Why did the sense of urgency with the HIV/AIDS movement dissipate?

  • How young poc with HIV can advocate for themselves

  • My story: Nathaniel and HIV

  • Talking to the people in your life about your HIV diagnosis

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