The socio-psychological challenges of the integration of families affected by HIV infection into sociaty

The publication highlights the issues of social and psychological problems of families affected by the HIV epidemic, particularly the barriers caused by the attitude of society towards HIV-infected people, preventing the integration into the educational environment and receiving full medical care. Also it draws attention to the fact that the attitude of society and legal framework on issues of registration of adoption and guardianship of people with the diagnosis are outdated and do not consider the modern specifics of the course and the development of HIV infection, social portrait, high parental potential of women, accepted their diagnosis and effectively carrying out their maternal role.