The arrival of triple therapies has made HIV-AIDS a paradoxical disease: people no longer die from it and people are no longer afraid of it. But they are also much less informed, protect themselves poorly, and patients continue to experience strong discrimination.
“My journey is difficult, but it is nothing compared to theirs, it is thanks to them that I am still here”breathes Emmanuel Bodoignet, a 29-year-old young man diagnosed with HIV in 2018. “Them”they were the first affected by HIV-AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. “If I am still alive today, it is because previous generations mobilized to have access to research and treatments…” Laurent Passalacqua, 52 years old, 32 of whom have HIV, is one of them: no treatment existed when he was detected and HIV-positive people, often young men, in great shape and who had their lives ahead of them, learned that they would die in a few years at most. “At the time, we buried 2 or 3 friends per month…” Today, HIV has become a chronic disease and is no longer a death sentence. And yet, living with the virus, in France, in 2024, remains a challenge for many patients…
“When I was diagnosed…
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