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How London's first dedicated HIV ward changed the AIDS response

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UNAIDS feature on the Broderip Ward at the Middlesex Hospital, opened by Princess Diana in 1987 as the UK's first dedicated HIV ward.

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Start with the answer How did HIV/AIDS shape LGBTQ+ history? HIV/AIDS shaped LGBTQ+ history through bereavement, stigma, public health campaigning, community care, treatment activism, and major medical advances. Read the topic guide HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ Activism HIV/AIDS shaped LGBTQ+ history through loss, stigma, public health campaigning, community organising, treatment activism, and major advances in prevention and care.

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UNAIDS
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government
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high
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3 pages

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Open original source https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2019/october/20191003_Broderip_Ward Accessed 1 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/20251001000000/https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2019/october/20191003_Broderip_Ward

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HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ Activism

Used by Questions

How did HIV/AIDS shape LGBTQ+ history?

Used by Timeline Events

9 April 1987 HealthCulturalUK

Princess Diana Opens the Broderip HIV Ward

Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the Broderip Ward at Middlesex Hospital, the UK's first dedicated ward for people with HIV. Her highly visible contact with patients helped challenge public fear and the false belief that HIV could be transmitted through ordinary touch.