"There is still a stigma."
Having HIV, she said, was "not as scary as it used to be".
When she contracted the virus in 1993 she had to take more than 20 pills a day. Today she takes three a day, managing what was once a death sentence as a chronic illness.
She has had two children without passing on the virus and said she was leading a relatively normal life.
The kinds of discrimination she faced in the decade after she went public - neighbours trying to force her to move, issues with schools and daycares where parents did not want their children mixing with hers - had eased in recent years.
"People think you can catch it off a cup or toilet seat. People think it's an easy virus to contract and the truth is it's very difficult."
It was usually passed through unprotected sex, sharing needles and mothers passing it on to children.
As most people did not publicise their illness, discrimination complaints usually related to interactions with health professionals - GPs, pharmacists, people taking samples, she said.
The foundation was working on an education campaign for health professionals.
A new online tool has also been launched to help HIV positive people be more comfortable talking to medical professionals about their illness.
The Unity Tool, to be introduced this month, is a questionnaire about their life, health and habits patients can fill out ahead of appointments.
"This is about empowering the person living with HIV to have a better quality of life," Pala said.