Selected work.

Bakita is a regular contributor to TheBodyPro, TheBody and previously NAM aidsmap. 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.

How Doulas Help People With HIV Navigate Pregnancy and Beyond - TheBody

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

Academic papers

How women living with HIV in the UK manage infant-feeding decisions and vertical transmission risk – BMC Public Health

"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

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.