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Stigma and HIV Overview

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A video overview of this key structural barrier to an effective HIV response, giving definitions, tools and experiences from interventions.

Last updated on July 20 2012 at 22:36

Stigma 101: Advocacy Brief

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Stigma Action Network's overview of HIV-related stigma and how best to tackle it from an Advocacy perspective

Last updated on November 21 2012 at 10:25

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Enos Mongake

The basics of stigma reduction practices and how they can be best implemented

Last updated on November 21 2012 at 10:29

Stigma 101: Background and Theory

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Enos Mongake

Basic information about HIV-related stigma, starting with its underlying drivers

Last updated on November 21 2012 at 10:30

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Despite the pervasiveness of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in national HIV epidemics and their harmful impact in terms of public health and human rights, they remain seriously neglected issues ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 20:21

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This Spanish language document is a tool for the educational community that offers a methodology for sensitisation and capacity building on stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS. It also ...

Last updated on June 28 2012 at 19:35

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The global war on drugs is driving the HIV pandemic among people who use drugs and their sexual partners. Throughout the world, research has consistently shown that repressive drug law enforcement pra ...

Last updated on June 28 2012 at 17:10

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Stigma can lead to discrimination and other violations of human rights which affect the well-being of people living with HIV in fundamental ways. In countries all over the world, there are well-docume ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 22:45

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Among the earliest and the most enduring responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been the imposition by governments of entry, stay, and residence restrictions for non-nationals living with HIV and AIDS ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 20:29

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Since we heard of HIV over 25 years ago, we have learned much about prevention. Knowledge about HIV transmission and the role of key interventions to prevent HIV transmission from mother-to-child and ...

Last updated on May 17 2012 at 22:01

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An estimated 11.000 people are currently living with HIV or AIDS in Egypt (UNAIDS, 2009). As of the end of 2009, 3919 HIV cases has been detected in Egypt, among which 1078 (27.5 %) developed AIDS (UN ...

Last updated on February 16 2012 at 17:07

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Although transgender individuals are a highly vulnerable segment of El Salvador's population, the national political climate has only recently begun to support HIV programming that is tailored to thei ...

Last updated on December 6 2011 at 15:41

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Human rights abuse against injection drug users and sex workers in Kazakhstan is fueling one of the fastest growing AIDS epidemics in the world, Human Rights Watch said in this new report.The 54-page ...

Last updated on April 21 2011 at 15:42

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On February 4, 2006, in Tunis, 26 participants from nine countries made history when they came together for the first leadership and networking workshop held exclusively for Arab people living with HI ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 19:02

STIGMA Foundation in Indonesia

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Integrating strategies to address gender inequity and change harmful gender norms is an increasingly important component of HIV programs. However, gender integration among programs targeting most-at-r ...

Last updated on September 26 2011 at 20:48

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This report documents human rights violations experienced by female, male and transgender sex workers in four African countries (Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe), and describes barriers they ...

Last updated on September 15 2011 at 14:51

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“After two decades…the global AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating…Among the main reasons…is the persistence of stigma and discrimination against those infected. This outrageous violation of basic ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 02:57

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This 45-page report says that prisoners in the HIV units are forced to wear armbands or other indicators of their HIV status, are forced to eat and even worship separately, and are denied equal partic ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 14:56

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Objective: This study assessed the role of governmental and non-governmental organizations in mitigation of stigma and discrimination among people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in informal settlem ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:19

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Speaking Out is an advocacy toolkit created to address the urgent need for men who have sex with men (MSM) everywhere to engage in advocacy locally, nationally, and globally to end the HIV epidemic an ...

Last updated on June 1 2011 at 17:52

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Issues: HIV/AIDS projects in Africa have focused for a long time only on prevention. In the last years it has become clear that treatment with ARV can work as well in these environments as it can in d ...

Last updated on May 23 2011 at 19:37

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The Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1, undertook a pilot project on citizen monitoring with RMAP+, the national network of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Mali. The project sought to increase u ...

Last updated on May 11 2011 at 15:34

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Studies carried out in Brazil demonstrated that the machismo (homophobia) culture is intrinsically linked with lack of condom use and spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including HIV/AI ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 23:04

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Background: Stigma and discrimination (S&D) are seen as key barriers to an effective response to HIV/AIDS. But little has been undertaken to define clearer means of measuring and understanding S&D. Th ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 18:38

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The effects of HIV-related stigma and discrimination have been studied in several areas, such as access to testing, quality of care quality, and access to work. Nevertheless, the effects of stigma and ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 20:17

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Within a framework of human rights and development, this paper explores the potential of The People Living with HIV Stigma Index as a tool for building the social capital of individuals living with HI ...

Last updated on May 9 2011 at 19:45

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The World AIDS Campaign for the years 2002–2003 will focus on stigma, discrimination and human rights. The main objective of the campaign is to prevent, reduce and ultimately eliminate HIV/AIDS-relate ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 22:57

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Khuat Thu Hong from Institute for Social Development Studies presents lessons learned from research, advocacy and intervention at a conference.

Last updated on April 25 2011 at 16:14

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Scaling up current efforts to reduce stigma would also optimize investments in HIV prevention, care and treatment. For example, new estimates suggest that an effective stigma reduction program could r ...

Last updated on April 6 2011 at 18:24

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A literature review was conducted to review work done on measuring health-related stigma. References were obtained through a PubMed (Medline) and Science Direct search and through examining relevant b ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:32

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In February 2008, members of Tanzania’s Parliament unanimously passed the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act. The act, signed into law by the president on April 4, provides for HIV prevention, ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 16:00

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This People Living with HIV Stigma Index report is a result of a series of consultations with key stakeholders including membership of three networks of HIV positive people, and the National Partnersh ...

Last updated on April 28 2011 at 18:46

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The spread of HIV/AIDS is endangering Ethiopia’s already precarious health care system. Providers find it difficult to deliver services to patients in poorly equipped and understaffed health facilitie ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 20:05

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Twenty-five years since the first news stories on HIV surfaced, media outlets are still struggling to report news on HIV/AIDS accurately, with depth and sensitivity – especially in developing countrie ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 18:48

Drug Addiction and HIV

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Drug-related stigma remains high in Vietnam, where there is a growing problem of illegal drug use and addiction, with serious impacts on the health and well-being of individuals, families and communit ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 17:29

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In advance of the United Nations 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS (June 8-10) and the associated Interactive Civil Society Hearing on AIDS (April 8), several major global networks of key populations ha ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 21:40

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Last updated on April 28 2011 at 15:37

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Little is known about how people living with HIV in low prevalence contexts face the challenges of stigma and discrimination. Low prevalence and rural communities are unique environments in which HIV- ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 19:12

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Stigma remains a seriously neglected issue in the global response to HIV despite more than a decade of efforts to understand the causes of HIV stigma, raise awareness about its harmful effects, and de ...

Last updated on April 27 2011 at 17:12

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This guide was prepared for use by organisations run by and for people living with HIV (PLHIV) that offer support, services, or advocacy-related work, and is designed to help these organisations to ex ...

Last updated on May 24 2011 at 15:08

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Last updated on April 29 2011 at 22:30

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Stigma and discrimination towards people with HIV or hepatitis C (HCV) has been associated with negative health outcomes for affected populations both within Australia and internationally. Whilst poli ...

Last updated on July 3 2012 at 15:58

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A meeting entitled “Stigma and HIV/AIDS in Africa: Setting the Operational Research Agenda” was convened in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania from 4-6 June 2001. It was attended by 80 participants representing ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 22:12

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Last updated on April 19 2011 at 17:05

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AIDS has been equated with stigma and discrimination since the first cases were identified in the late 1970s. Watney (1994) recorded the traumatic impact that HIV had on gay communities in the US and ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 13:44

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The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA) principle has become the most enduring legacy of the Paris Declaration. GIPA has been incorporated into national and international progra ...

Last updated on April 29 2011 at 19:06

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The concept of stigma, denoting relations of shame, has a long ancestry and has from the earliest times been associated with deviations from the ‘normal’, including, in various times and places, devia ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 16:42

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GRACE (Guiding Responsive Action in Corrections at End of Life) Project is one of the projects of Volunteers of America which looks at the issues surrounding people in prisons and jails.

Last updated on April 11 2011 at 15:58

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Stigma is powerful means of social control applied by marginalizing, excluding and exercising power over individuals who display certain traits.

Last updated on April 7 2011 at 19:19

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Abstarct The extent of the HIV pandemic — particularly in the hardest-hit countries, including South Africa — has prompted a call for greater engagement of all groups, including faith-based organisati ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 17:08

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Assessment of country responses in improving access to HIV/AIDS treatment within the framework of the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights and the role played by the Community Sector. ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 19:28

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One of the objectives of National AIDS Programmes (NAPs) is to reduce the personal and social impact of HIV infection, including discrimination against those living with or suspected of having HIV/AID ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 20:19

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The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is pleased to share this case study on Vida Digna (Life with Dignity), an innovative programme tackling stigma and discrimination in El Salvador. Vida Digna progr ...

Last updated on August 8 2012 at 17:09

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This toolkit is a guide for the trainers of health care providers. The overall aim is to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS by making it easier for people living with HIV to access health services, di ...

Last updated on May 11 2011 at 18:48

Stigma and Discrimination

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An Overview of these key structural barriers to the global HIV response

Last updated on July 20 2012 at 22:27

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A basic framework

Last updated on July 20 2012 at 22:25

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The Stigma Action Network was formed in 2010 with the belief that reducing HIV stigma and discrimination globally is the only way to turn the tide of the HIV epidemic. ‘Getting to Zero’ will require m ...

Last updated on July 20 2012 at 22:06

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The participants of the meeting on stigma and HIV/AIDS in Africa recognized that we are all living with and/or affected by HIV and AIDS, and that stigma- characterized by silence, fear, discrimination ...

Last updated on April 25 2011 at 16:36

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This report brings together international best practices, research on the existing legal codes and systems in Ukraine, and information from consultations with key stakeholders to determine priorities ...

Last updated on June 29 2012 at 17:22

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Background Although there are an increasing number of studies on HIV-related stigma in Nigeria, very little research has focused on how power differences based on gender perpetuate the stigmatization ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 18:55

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