HIV treatment has transformed lives in the UK, but stigma lingers

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Medical advances and changing attitudes have transformed life for people with HIV in the UK since the first recognized AIDS case there in 1981. However, stigma originating in the early years of the epidemic remains a persistent challenge.

Nearly half a century has passed since the first recognized case of AIDS in the U.K. in December 1981. During that time, perceptions of HIV and people living with HIV have been transformed by medical advances and changing cultural attitudes. Yet the stigma created during the early years of the epidemic has proved much harder to leave behind.