Introduction

Positive Lives offers extraordinary insights into the lives of individuals, families and communities who are affected by HIV & AIDS, reflecting the issues and emotions which confront them in the daily reality of living or working with the disease. Issues of confidentiality, fear, prejudice, exclusion and survival, through to care, support, compassion, trust and openness are all explored. The texts accompanying the photographs are all based on the personal stories of individuals.

Positive Lives serves as a catalyst for training programmes, outreach work and communication activities. There are many ways in which the Positive Lives resource is being used to reach people. Positive Lives works with local HIV organisations and international aid agencies to utilise this unique resource, incorporating it in a variety of formats into their health and education programmes. The stories are shown in a variety of ways. These include large scale exhibitions, small laminate and poster sets, websites, videos, books and publications.

Positive Lives is collaboration between a number of organisations, including the HIV charity, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), and, more recently, Concern Worldwide.

Concern Worldwide is an overseas relief and development agency that works with the world's poorest people to overcome poverty. Concern has been at the forefront of community responses to HIV & AIDS and the fight for access to treatment since 1987. Concern now supports over 25 HIV & AIDS projects in fifteen countries around the world, working in close partnership with local organisations. Click here for more information about Concern's HIV & AIDS work.

Positive Lives is dedicated to those living with the effects of HIV & AIDS, those who have lost their lives and those who love them.