Over half of Irish people living with HIV comfortable sharing their positive status

Liz Martin is a member of Sexual Health West and a strong advocate for education. She’s written a book about her experience and has arranged educational visits to schools to teach students and their parents about HIV.

Over half (56%) of Irish people living with HIV are comfortable with sharing their positive status, a higher proportion than other countries, according to a new study.

In North America, only 41% of those with a positive HIV diagnosis felt comfortable sharing this, in the UK it was 37%, in Europe it was 28% and in Russia it was only 9%.