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Attending #HealtheVoices2017: a conference like no other.
Rob Olver reports back on attending HealtheVoices17, a conference of online health advocates held in Chicago by Janssen & Janssen. I applied, but didn't expect to go. HealtheVoices is a very...
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Zoe Saldana's stunning performance in Sia's HIV video will have you in tears
Sia's new video, "Free Me" is an achingly beautiful tour de force. Sia’s gorgeous new song, “Free Me”, and the even more gorgeous video that goes with it both aim to spread awareness for the #endHIV...
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Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure: is the tide turning?
Rob Olver interviews Edwin J. Bernard, Global Co-ordinator of the HIV Justice Network at "Rethinking Justice 2017 Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights One of the things that made the “Rethinking...
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Rethinking justice with renewed hope
Rob Olver attends the 2017 Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights and comes away with a sense of cautious optimism. So there I was, getting up at three in the morning once again in order to get to...
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A Canada-led international Indigenous initiative towards global HIV, TB and...
Rob Olver in conversation with Ken Clement, CEO of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) At AIDS2016, in Durban, South Africa, Canadian Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott made a commitment to...
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Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure: is the tide turning?
Rob Olver interviews Edwin J. Bernard, Global Co-ordinator of the HIV Justice Network at "Rethinking Justice 2017 Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights One of the things that made the “Rethinking...
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Rethinking justice with renewed hope
Rob Olver attends the 2017 Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights and comes away with a sense of cautious optimism. So there I was, getting up at three in the morning once again in order to get to...
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A Canada-led international Indigenous initiative towards global HIV, TB and...
Rob Olver in conversation with Ken Clement, CEO of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) At AIDS2016, in Durban, South Africa, Canadian Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott made a commitment to...
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Brenda Musenga and the KUTUSA Ladies: fighting stigma and forging community...
Robert Olver in conversation with Zambian HIV activist, Brenda Musenga. Brenda Musenga is a determined woman. I’d had a sense of that already from reading this story by Paul Shalala, about a group of...
View ArticleSite upgrades at PositiveLite.com!
PositiveLite.com is upgrading its site. PositiveLite.com is currently upgrading to new software and introducing a mobile version. It's possible that you may see some temporary disruption and out of...
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SOS Venezuela: ARV’s urgently needed.
Rob Olver speaks with ICASO Executive Director, Mary Ann Torres about her efforts to mobilize a Canadian response to the humanitarian crisis ongoing in Venezuela. Just a decade ago, Venezuela's AIDS...
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Setting our minds to it! Attending the Realize 2017 Forum on HIV and Mental...
Rob Olver picks up a few shots of inspiration at Realize Forum 2017. “Today, by examining from the personal perspective of PLWHIV we want to zero in on what has worked... in terms of accessing...
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Happy holidays from all of us at PositiveLite.com!
Rob Olver: "Our best wishes and thanks go out to you all." The holidays are nearly here! I love this time of year, but like a lot of people, I often de-emphasize the “Christmasy” side of it when...
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U=U: a stigma-smashing new song from Love to Love Organization!
The only things infectious here are the grooves and the grins as Danny and Wiiliam of Love to Love Organization pump up the volume and drive home the message that undetectable really does equal...
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The joyful struggle
William Matovu of Uganda’s Love to Love Organization in conversation with Rob Olver It was not much more than a year ago that I first wrote about Love to Love Organization for PositiveLite.com, having...
View ArticleIAS names San Francisco and Oakland hosts of AIDS 2020
Over 50 Bay Area, US & Global Orgs representing key populations oppose AIDS 2020 in San Francisco. Rob Olver reports. 13 March 2018 – The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced that San...
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Shifting landscapes, changing realities
Rob Olver on a labour of love: "Thank you PositiveLite.com. It's been a stellar ride and the lessons learned will go to good use." "All your so-hard facts, painted thinly on the void; Why were you not...
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