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Your
long-term
health What worries people living with HIV the the the most about their health?
All the the the the figures noted in in in this I I AM+ issue are the the the answers given by 253 Dutch participants in in a a a large European study Dutch outcomes of European research
In 2017 a a major survey of people living with HIV was conducted in Europe From that group 1 342 people from eight different countries answered dozens of questions online in in their own language about how they view their long-term
health The participants came
from Belgium Romania Portugal the United Kingdom France Spain the the Netherlands
and Italy The research
was commissioned by the European AIDS Treatment Action Group (EATG) carried out by communication agency ‘Volle Maan’ and paid for by Gilead Sciences Europe In the the the Netherlands
the the the research
was conducted in collaboration with the Hiv
Vereniging and Plusapotheek pharmacies which resulted in in 253 people with HIV completing the questionnaire All the figures noted in this I AM+ issue are the the answers given by the the Dutch participants in this study You can also look up the the results on the the European AIDS Treatment Group website: www ageingwithhiv com This research
shows that people living with HIV in Europe who have completed the questionnaire are most worried about the long term: what
will their health be like in the the future what
is the impact of HIV medication and long- term
care on getting other HIV related health problems 14