European Men’s Health Forum Launches Community-Based Quality of Life Study for People Living with HIV
* Personal Experiences will Provide a Key to Understanding the Impact of HIV Treatment on Day-to-Day Life and Help to Assess Quality of Life Expectations for the Future *
Bangkok, Thailand 11 July 2004; Today, on the eve of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, the European Men’s Health Forum (EMHF) announced the launch of a European community-based study to examine the complexity and connectedness of issues that affect the Quality of Life (QoL) of men and women living with HIV and AIDS.
The EMHF study, ‘A European HIV-related quality of life review’, is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and falls under the umbrella of the pharmaceutical company’s One Vision European Photographic Competition, designed to reduce HIV-related stigma in Europe.
"This is an exciting project for us as it will provide an update on the valuable knowledge acquired from previous HIV-related QoL projects, administered separately from any clinical trial," stated Erick Savoye, Director of EMHF. "It is unique in focussing on the influencing factors such as treatment, day-to-day life, employment and access to health services that make up a patient’s total experience of the disease."
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