Selected work.
Bakita is a regular contributor to NAM aidsmap and TheBody. She co-edited a special collection on women and HIV for the Journal of Women’s Health and Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Diseases. She was commissioned to write the Last Chance for Justice series, focusing on the lives of those impacted by the Contaminated Blood Scandal.
PrEP Messaging for Black Women Must Include Compassion and Respect - TheBodyPro
Impact of trauma must be acknowledged in adolescent HIV care - NAM aidsmap
'Shame turned us into liars' - Terrence Higgins Trust
“There’s Life After Diagnosis”: Black Women Open Up About Bipolar Disorder - Black Ballad
This is why I want to see more women - and black people - own the narrative around HIV - Glamour
The Politics of Knowledge Production and the Role of the Charity Sector - Charity So White
Marginalised communities will not get justice from criminalising Covid-19 transmission - gal-dem
As a black woman living with HIV, my story is often left untold. This silence creates stigma - Metro
Academic papers
"We decided together": a qualitative study about women with HIV navigating infant-feeding decisions with the father of their children. - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Who knows ‘best’ when it comes to breast? - The Heather Trickey Essay Prize (Highly Commended essay)
Investigating Daily Practices of Self-care to Inform the Design of Supportive Health Technologies for Living and Ageing Well with HIV - ACM (Best Paper)
Co-creating poetry for communicating individuals' emotional experience of living with HIV - Design for Health
Reducing the risk of stroke: looking beyond lifestyle changes - British Journal of Healthcare Management
Stakeholder engagement is essential to maximise the impact of research on infant feeding in the context of HIV - Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Bakita produces and hosts CHIVA’s ‘Spotlight On’ series, a video series which covers topics relevant to young people living with HIV, including interviews with healthcare professionals, activists and people living with HIV.