On April 14, an HIV/AIDS activist in Ethiopia said media outlets in the country need to be more sensitive when reporting on and about people living with HIV, The Daily Monitor/AllAfrica.com reports (allafrica.com, 4/16).
Activist Sonya De Masi spoke at a media workshop at Dembel City Center in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. “Even though the media has so far played [a] vast role in educating the public, it has also at times hurt the psychology of [HIV-positive people],” she said.
The workshop was organized by Intranews Networks and its Local Voices Project, an initiative that aims to improve media coverage of HIV/AIDS-related issues in Ethiopia.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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Overheard in the Women's Forum
"I think that it's OK to be angry. I am sometimes—it's natural—we are HIV positive. but I always try to not let myself stay there too long. Let yourself feel you are human. You should not beat yourself up about being angry."
