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Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with HIV and spent nearly her entire life - ever since she was a young girl - as an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, died Feb. 20 at a neurological ...

Hydeia Broadbent, the HIV/AIDS activist who came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational talks to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has ...

When Johnson asked if anyone in the group was HIV-positive, two girls raised their hands. The youngest was 7-year-old Hydeia Broadbent.

Hydeia Broadbent started speaking publicly about ... A leading activist in HIV/AIDS awareness, Broadbent, who was born with HIV, died Wednesday at age 39, her father said in a Facebook post.