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Positive Advice by Chiva

Positive Advice by Chiva

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 Welcome to Positive Advice – a brand new podcast brought to you by Chiva, the charity supporting young people and young adults growing up with HIV to live healthy, happy lives and be more in control of their future.
Hosted by Eli Fitzgerald, this series explores life growing up with HIV, using stories recorded as part of Chiva’s Positively Spoken oral history project - a collaboration with the British Library and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
We stationed ourselves at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal in July 2022 and asked eligible conference attendees to get involved and have their life stories recorded for the Posively Spoken oral history project.
The Positive Advice podcast takes themed clips from these recordings and explores the topics raised with expert guests.
Across the series, we hear from young people from around the world who are growing up with HIV, exploring their experiences of family, mental health, healthcare environments and treatment, school and education, navigating relationships, and HIV activism.
Expect honest chat and insights into the diverse lives of young people and their shared experiences around HIV, plus what is needed to live well growing up with HIV.
Like what you hear? Make sure you click follow or subscribe wherever you usually get your podcasts.
To follow the activities of Positively Spoken and find out more about the work Chiva do, visit https://www.chiva.org.uk/ and follow the links.
Positive Advice is a Podcast by Chiva and is produced by TBI Media. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 7: Activism and the Future

    7: Activism and the Future
    Mar 16 2023
    In the final instalment of this series, we explore HIV activism and what the future holds for young people living with HIV.

    Host Eli Fitzgerald chats with Chiva CEO Amanda Ely about why young people might be side lined when it comes to HIV activism and Dr Wendy Rickard tells us about oral history and HIV activism's long history. We hear from all our expert guests from across the series on what activism means to them and where we may be with HIV in the future - one of our experts told us “having HIV may be no worse than having asthma”.
    Across this six part series we have heard from young people around the world who are growing up with HIV and explored their lived experiences, including how their HIV impacts their family relationships, mental health, school and education and relationships. We've also explored the stigma around HIV and the world of healthcare environments and treatment - both present and hopes for the future. 

    To follow the activities of Positively Spoken and find out more about the work Chiva do, visit https://www.chiva.org.uk/ and follow the links.
    Positive Advice is a Podcast by Chiva and is produced by TBI Media. 
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    35 mins
  • 6: Relationships

    6: Relationships
    Mar 15 2023
    We’re back and this time Positive Advice is exploring relationships - be that intimate or friendships - and HIV.

    Host Eli Fitzgerald is joined by Matilda Brown from Chiva who supports young people exploring how living with HIV can affect your personal relationships. Amanda Ely and Ruth Muko also join them, and together listen to more of the life stories from young people living with HIV, recorded at the 2022 International AIDS Conference. 
    Together they explore how to best tell a friend or partner about your HIV; as one young person put it -  “its more than just telling someone about your HIV, it's sharing your vulnerability”.
    Like what you hear? Make sure you click follow or subscribe wherever you usually get your podcasts. 
    To follow the activities of Positively Spoken and find out more about the work Chiva do, visit https://www.chiva.org.uk/ and follow the links.
    Positive Advice is a Podcast by Chiva and is produced by TBI Media. 
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    37 mins
  • 5: School and Education

    5: School and Education
    Mar 15 2023
    Welcome to the fourth episode of Positive Advice - Chiva’s podcast series that explores life growing up with HIV using stories recorded for Chiva’s Positively Spoken oral history project at the International AIDS Conference in 2022. 

    This time we’re chatting about school experiences and education around HIV. Host Eli Fitzgerald is joined by independent facilitator Camilla Gordon who has worked with young people at Chiva and in schools, and tells us more about why school experiences for young people with HIV are so important to think about. Amanda Ely from Chiva joins and adds insights into the challenges faced at Chiva when trying to improve HIV awareness and understanding in schools - do schools know enough about HIV to ensure education is accurate and up to date? How do schools need to respond to the needs of pupils living with HIV? Ruth Muko from Chiva also joins the discussion to bring in the voices of young people at Chiva who also had lots to say about HIV and schools.
    Like what you hear? Make sure you click follow or subscribe wherever you usually get your podcasts. 
    To follow the activities of Positively Spoken and find out more about the work Chiva do, visit https://www.chiva.org.uk/ and follow the links.
    Positive Advice is a Podcast by Chiva and is produced by TBI Media. 
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    37 mins
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