This week we travel all the way to the Yorkshire Dales where we explore the soap opera storyline of Val Pollard being diagnosed with HIV after a holiday romance. This Emmerdale storyline helped raise awareness of HIV in older women and encouraged an uptake in testing.
Sources
Val Pollard - Wikipedia
Emmerdale's Val Pollard: HIV can happen to anyone, even funny people like Val says star Charlie Hardwick - Mirror Online
Val Pollard | Emmerdale Wiki | Fandom
Emmerdale's Charlie Hardwick on Val Pollard's HIV battle... | Closer (closeronline.co.uk)
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