What Do I Do If?… Ideas for Young Women Living with HIV
This leaflet is aimed at women who are living with HIV. It emphasizes that one should not be discriminated against because of on’e sHIV status, and explains the need to know one’s rights and where to turn for help if needed.
The leaflet encourages young women with HIV to take time to build their self-esteem, deal with their own feelings about their HIV status, and think about the quaities they value in a partner and in a relationship.
It presents and answers the following questions:
What do I do if:
- I do not want to get pregnant?
- I want to be in a relationship
- I want to end a pregnancy?
- I want to get pregnant?
- I want to have a healthy pregnancy for me and my baby?
- I want to practise safer sex?
- I want to protect my partner from HIV and other STIs?
- I want to tell my partner or my family that I am living with HIV?
Source: International Planned Parenthood Federation
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Toolkit for Transition of Care and Other Services for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Adolescent HIV Testing, Counselling and Care
- Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV) Toolkit
- HIV Evidence Infographic: Continuum of Care
- Positive Connections: Leading Information and Support Groups for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV
- Addressing the Needs of Young People Living with HIV
- Driving the HIV response: Community Guide to the WHO 2013 Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection
- Family Planning and HIV Service Integration E-Learning Course
- Concept Brief: Pretesting