We were reading the ‘Tracking HIV’ Blog and noticed this article that put out this link http://www.namlife.org/ in which there are several different pages of information about living with HIV, it was a real casual cool approach to the issues that arise with HIV, put across in an unprovocative manner – we strongly recommend you check it out. There was one post however, documented by ‘Tracking HIV’ that got us thinking, it may even do the same to you. Have a read of the post and drop us a comment below…

Having a relationship with an HIV-negative partner
By Claire Keeton

“Many people with HIV are in loving, supportive and intimate relationships. And many of these are with a partner who is HIV-negative,” a new page about relationships on the HIV website, namlife.org, proclaims.

“All relationships go through ups and downs and the presence of HIV in a relationship can exaggerate the routine stresses,” namlife.org advises.

“This section provides information on some of the more common problems that arise in relationships where one partner is HIV-positive and the other HIV-negative.”

This section on relationships goes way beyond traditional “Agony Aunt” columns since readers share their personal experiences on namlife.org, an award-winning organisation based in the UK.

Research in African countries has shown about one out of five relationships in Zambia and one out of eight relationships in Rwanda are between serodiscordant couples (one partner HIV positive, one partner HIV negative).

Dr Eric Hunter is driving the research to find out how HIV is transmitted from one partner to the other.

http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/hiv/

So what did you think of the post?

Would you have a relationship with someone with HIV if you were HIV negative?

Then in anticipation of the response another question came to mind;

If you had HIV, at what point would you feel the need to tell a potential partner about the virus?

Drop us a comment and let us know…

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