2012年11月1日 · WHO estimates that globally as many as half of all HIV-positive people in long-term relationships have HIV-negative partners – forming what are known as serodiscordant couples. It is estimated that half of people living with HIV still do not know that they are infected, and, like Maripaz, many people in relationships do not know their partner ...

Discordant couples are definitely at high risk of HIV transmission, and therefore are increasingly becoming a focus of HIV prevention research. We conducted this study with the aim of analyzing the possible reasons for the presence of such discordance.

What is an HIV-Discordant Couple? A couple is discordant if one partner has HIV while the other does not. An HIV discordant couple is also called a mixed-status couple.

Couples HIV testing and counselling: When two or more partners are counselled, tested and receive their results together. When couples receive their results together, there can be mutual disclosure of HIV status, and the couple can receive appropriate support and be linked to follow-up services by a counsellor, health care provider or community ...

2023年9月28日 · HIV stigma can impact couple relationships through stress or bring partners closer through shared experiences. Conversely, couple relationships may protect against the harms of stigma, including anticipated stigma on negative health outcomes.

2020年7月27日 · Get the facts on helping a partner manage their HIV, medications that prevent HIV, risk levels of different types of sex, and more. Learn how to have a safe and healthy relationship with a...

Many people who don’t have HIV are in successful, loving, and intimate relationships with a partner who has HIV. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘serodiscordant’ or 'serodifferent' relationship. Modern HIV treatment and care can significantly …

There are many potential benefits to supporting couples to test together for HIV infection and to mutually disclose their HIV status—most importantly, that together they can then make informed decisions about HIV prevention and reproductive health, including contraception and conception.

For couples where only one partner is HIV positive, the guidelines recommend offering antiretroviral therapy to the HIV positive partner, regardless of his/her own immune status (CD4 count), to reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission to the HIV negative partner. Today, only 40% of people with HIV globally know their HIV status.

Discordance ranges from 20% in the general population to 51% within couples in which one partner seeks HIV care. 2 Of great concern is the fact that HIV is most frequently transmitted within the context of partners in a committed relationship, raising important issues such as risk of infection, reproductive choices and stress on relationships ...