Annie Lennox was one of a number of high-profile speakers at a briefing on the subject of HIV stigma at the Houses of Parliament on Monday.

The event was hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the community research team.

The first results of The People Living With HIV Stigma Index was unveiled at the briefing. The Index is a research project, which involved interviewing 865 UK individuals with HIV on the subject of the stigma they have experienced as a result of their status.

Speakers at the event chaired by David Borrow MP (Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS) also included Kenneth Kaunda (the first president of the Republic of Zambia), Prof. Jane Anderson (Director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, Homerton Hospital), and Andy Burnham MP (Secretary of State for Health).

(article and photo source: PinkPaper.com)