On World AIDS Day 2022, ViiV Healthcare releases data from a survey investigating outdated attitudes towards HIV as part of the ‘HIV in View’ campaign
London, 1 December 2022 – ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer and Shionogi as shareholders, today announced new data from a perceptions survey which unveils a widespread gap in public knowledge and understanding of HIV worldwide. The data found that three quarters of people (74%) believe that there are still negative perceptions when it comes to people living with HIV, and that one in six adults agree that if a friend or colleague was living with HIV, they might look at them negatively. While the majority of people surveyed did report feeling comfortable with physical contact, including holding hands (76%) or hugging (75%), only 1 in 2 people would feel comfortable dating someone living with HIV. Concerningly, the survey also found that a quarter of adults (25%) believe that it is not appropriate for employees to talk about HIV in the workplace, a factor continuing to perpetuate HIV as a taboo subject.
Read the full press release here.
Source : ViiV Healthcare
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