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Living with HIV support in Italy

For people living with HIV and those newly diagnosed. Talk with people in Italy who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.

Next gathering in the Italy circle: Weekly check-in ยท

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Help for living with HIV in Italy

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Alessandro & Partners Family Law

A small team supporting infertility and ivf and facing a terminal illness. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Evenings and weekends

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Bari Grief Counselling

A small team supporting living with hiv and chronic pain. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Luca Counselling

Practical help for people dealing with diabetes and organ transplant, plus a weekly drop-in.

Evenings and weekends

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Northside Debt Advice, Milan

We help people with organ transplant and chronic illness, in person in Milan and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Carmine Therapy Practice

We help people with adjusting to a disability and chronic pain, in person in Turin and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Parma Peer Support Group

We help people with chronic pain and difficult or high-risk pregnancy, in person in Parma and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

From people who came through it

  • โ€œEighteen months ago I was exactly where you are. I remember undetectable now but still scared like it was yesterday. I'm volunteering here now. You get yourself back in pieces.โ€

    Brave Rowan ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œA note for the next person. I was where you are in 2022. It was one pill a day and I couldn't see past it. Last month I had people round for dinner. The bad days get further apart. One day at a time.โ€

    Wael W ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œmaybe you just found out. or maybe you've known for a while. either way, it's heavy. the pill is tiny. the fear is huge. tell one person you trust. for me that was grace. she didn't act weird about it. the undetectable thing is real, it's science, not just a promise. but the fear might stick around for a bit. that's fine. find something to hold onto. for me it's my plants. for you it might be something different. you're not the only one in this, even when it feels like it. (i know, i dislike that phrase too. but it's true.)โ€

    Silver Thunder ยท been through living with hiv
  • โ€œYou just found out. Everything feels upside down. I know. For weeks I couldn't say the word out loud. But the pills work. The doctor explained U=U, and I'm still learning to trust it. You don't have to tell anyone yet. Take your medicine. Go to your appointments. Find one person you can trust, even if it's a nurse. It's not the end of your life. It's a different beginning.โ€

    Cherry A ยท been through living with hiv

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