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

Study protocol: the ILANA study – exploring optimal implementation strategies for long-acting antiretroviral therapy to ensure equity in clinical care and policy for women, racially minoritised people and older people living with HIV in the UK – a qualitative multiphase longitudinal study design - BMJ Open

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.