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Discriminatory Attitudes and Practices by Health Workers toward Patients with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

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BACKGROUND: Nigeria has an estimated 3.6 million people with HIV/AIDS and is home to one out of every 11 people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. This study is the first population-based assessment of discrimi ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 21:22

Senegalese religious leaders' perceptions of HIV/AIDS and implications for challenging stigma and discrimination

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Abstract Senegal has been heralded as a model country in the fight against HIV/AIDS because of the low prevalence in the general population and concerted prevention efforts since the start of the epid ...

Last updated on April 25 2011 at 16:45

Systematized HIV/AIDS Education for Student Nurses at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria: Impact of Knowledge, Attitudes and Compliance with Universal Precautions

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This paper reports the findings of a study which examines changes in a group of Bachelor of Science (BSc) nursing students' perceptions, knowledge of and attitudes towards human immunodeficiency virus ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 20:53

Belief in a just world, generalised self-efficacy and stigma may contribute to unsafe sexual intentions via a reduced perception of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS amongst young people in Ghana.

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Complacency about one's HIV risk status may reduce the intention to practise safe sex. It was hypothesised that belief in a just world and stigmatising attitudes may contribute to complacency and ther ...

Last updated on January 3 2012 at 13:53

The voluntary HIV counselling and testing service in Kenema District, Sierra Leone, 2004-2006: a descriptive study

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Background Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is an important component of national HIV programs, which are necessary to realize the right to health. VCT data also provide valuable information on ...

Last updated on October 13 2011 at 19:35

Gender-related power differences, beliefs and reactions towards people living with HIV/AIDS: an urban study in Nigeria

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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

Care and secrecy: being a mother of children living with HIV in Burkina Faso

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Home care has become a central component of the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, displacing caregiving work onto women. While increasing interest has been paid to HIV/AIDS care with a focus on ailin ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 18:07

HIV-associated neurosyphilis: Report of a fatal case due to fear of work-place stigma

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Syphilis and HIV infection are two STI diseases that have bidirectional influence on the clinical course of each other. There is a high risk of neurological extension if syphilis is not diagnosed earl ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:13

HIV Risk among MSM in Senegal: A Qualitative Rapid Assessment of the Impact of Enforcing Laws That Criminalize Same Sex Practices

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Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk for HIV in Senegal, with a prevalence of 21.5%. In December 2008, nine male HIV prevention workers were imprisoned for “acts against nature” prohibited ...

Last updated on January 5 2012 at 18:56

Media Saturation, Communication Exposure and HIV Stigma in Nigeria

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HIV-related stigma constitutes an impediment to public health as it hampers HIV/AIDS control efforts in many ways. To address the complex problems of increasing HIV infection rate, widespread misinfor ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 17:04

Factors Predicting Uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing in a Real-Life Setting in a Mother-and-Child Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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OBJECTIVE: To identify factors predicting uptake of voluntary HIV counselling and testing in pregnant women. METHODS: All pregnant women receiving ante-natal group health education at St Camille Medi ...

Last updated on June 1 2011 at 17:32

Factors Predicting Uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing in a Real-Life Setting in a Mother-and-Child Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Last updated on June 1 2011 at 17:35

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Attitude Towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Adults

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BACKGROUND: Nigeria has the third highest population of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite this, the knowledge of HIV/AIDS and uptake of voluntary counseling and testing (V ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:27

Combating HIV Stigma in Health Care Settings: What Works

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The purpose of this review paper is to provide information and guidance to those in the health care setting about why it is important to combat HIV-related stigma and how to successfully address its c ...

Last updated on November 8 2011 at 17:13

Institutional Responses and the People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: The Gaps in Sustainable Prevention, Mitigation, Care and Support

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The incidence of HIV/AIDS is an eyesore to sub-Saharan Africa’s development, as the region houses 22 million (67%) of the People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) across the world in 2007. This drains the ...

Last updated on May 11 2011 at 19:06

Reaching disenfranchised youth and mobile populations in Ghana through voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV

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This paper documents the evaluation of a 20-month project to provide voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) to a mobile population of youth surrounding the Agbogbloshie market in Accra, Ghana. The sp ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 15:23

Do stigma, blame and stereotyping contribute to unsafe sexual behaviour? A test of claims about the spread of HIV/AIDS arising from social representation theory and the AIDS risk reduction model.

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In the context of social representation theory and the AIDS risk reduction model, it has been claimed that stigmatizing, blaming and stereotyping attitudes make people feel less at risk of contracting ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 16:29

Antiretroviral therapy and reproductive life projects: Mitigating the stigma of AIDS in Nigeria

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As millions of people infected with HIV in Africa are increasingly able to live longer and healthier lives because of access to antiretroviral therapy, concerns have emerged that people might eschew p ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 18:31

Rural Children's Attitudes to People with HIV/AIDS in Mali: The Causes of Stigma

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Qualitative research among young people and other community members in rural Mali elicited knowledge and attitudes with regard to HIV/AIDS. Findings indicated that rumours concerning methods of infect ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 15:51

Nigeria's Mixed Epidemic: Balancing Prevention Priorities Between Populations

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Prompted by a growing knowledge of the complexity of HIV transmission, many countries are reassessing the nature of their HIV epidemics. "Mixed" epidemics, or concurrent epidemics experienced by both ...

Last updated on September 26 2011 at 20:50

The Impact of an Intervention to Change Health Workers' HIV/AIDS Attitudes and Knowledge in Nigeria: A Controlled Trial

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The aim of the study was to improve health workers' skills and confidence in dealing with patients with HIV disease and increase attention to patients' human rights. A longitudinal controlled trial wa ...

Last updated on May 31 2011 at 20:39

Creating Social Spaces to Tackle AIDS-Related Stigma: Reviewing the Role of Church Groups in Sub-Saharan Africa

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An expanding body of literature explores the role of African church groups in facilitating or hindering the support of people living with AIDS and challenging or contributing to HIV/AIDS-related stigm ...

Last updated on November 17 2011 at 15:44

Post diagnosis reaction, perceived stigma and sexual behaviour of HIV/AIDS patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Northern Nigeria

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BACKGROUND: The process of becoming aware of one's serostatus, immediate and delayed responses of the individual, family and community have profound implications on health seeking behaviour of PLWHAs ...

Last updated on October 11 2011 at 17:10

Youth, Sin and Sex in Nigeria: Christianity and HIV/AIDS-Related Beliefs and Behaviour among Rural-Urban Migrants

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In Nigeria, popular understandings of HIV/AIDS and individual risk assessment and behaviour unfold within an interpretative grid that draws on a religious moral framework. This paper reports results f ...

Last updated on April 20 2011 at 17:35

Stigma and Discrimination of People Living with HIV in Ghana

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According to the National AIDS/STI Control Programme an estimated 267,069 HIV positive people were living in Ghana in 2009. This figure included 25,666 children. Approximately 20,313 people died of AI ...

Last updated on September 22 2011 at 13:43

Willingness to Seek HIV Testing and Counseling Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Ogun State, Nigeria

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HIV counseling and testing (CT) is slowly being introduced as one of several key components of the comprehensive package of HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Nigeria, particularly in the prevention of m ...

Last updated on July 14 2011 at 19:55

AIDS, Conflict and the Media in Africa: Risks in Reporting Bad Data Badly

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Background Conflict, poverty and HIV disproportionately affect people in sub-Saharan Africa. The manner in which governments, national and international organisations and the media report on the HIV e ...

Last updated on December 6 2011 at 16:52

The Discriminatory Attitudes of Health Workers against People Living with HIV

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that health-care professionals in Nigeria may discriminate against and stigmatise people living with HIV/AIDS(PLWA). In a study in the August issue of PLoS Medicine, Reis a ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 16:17

Acceptance and Stigmatization of PLWA in Nigeria

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There is now an acknowledged burden of AIDS and the HIV in Nigeria. In treatment centres, AIDS-related disorders account for up to 40 percent of admissions, while many communities have recorded regula ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 18:10

Stigma, sexual risk and desire for HIV tests in Ghana

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Background: Although various HIV prevention and treatment programs have been implemented in Ghana since 2003, desire for and uptake of HIV testing is still low, owing largely to HIV-related stigma. Th ...

Last updated on May 29 2012 at 17:02

"It's Raining Stones": Stigma, Violence and HIV Vulnerability Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Dakar, Senegal

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Research in many countries has highlighted the vulnerability of men who have sex with men to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Yet in Africa, such men have received little attentio ...

Last updated on November 15 2011 at 17:06

Attitudes of Healthcare Providers to Persons living with HIV/AIDS in Lagos State, Nigeria

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This study was conducted to examine the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of nurses and laboratory technologists towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) and the factors responsible for these attitud ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 18:40

Summary Report on FHI/START Dissemination Seminar for Heath Care Workers in Manya and Yilo Krobo Districts on LLWHA, Stigma and Discrimination

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Under the Start Program comprehensive care and support will be provided for persons within Manya and Yilo Krobo Districts who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The provision of such services will ...

Last updated on April 19 2011 at 03:31

Community factors shaping HIV-related stigma among young people in three African countries

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Despite the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS that exists in many sub-Saharan African countries, very little is known of the prevalence and context of HIV-related stigma in these settings. This paper seeks ...

Last updated on November 10 2011 at 17:14

Engaging people living with HIV in citizen monitoring in Mali

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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

Readiness for HIV Testing Among Young People in Northern Nigeria: The Roles of Social Norm and Perceived Stigma

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This study examined the predictors of readiness for HIV testing among young people in northern Nigeria, paying special attention to the role of stigma. Stigma is measured at two levels: individual and ...

Last updated on April 28 2011 at 18:54

Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Senegal

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Research conducted in many countries has highlighted the vulnerability of men who have sex with men (MSM) to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Yet in Africa, they receive little at ...

Last updated on April 28 2011 at 17:16

Voice and Visibility: Frontline Perspectives on How the Global News Media Reports on HIV/AIDS

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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

Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa Human

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The report, Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa, illustrates how LGBT Africans are made doubly vulnerable by the criminalization of homosexuality and the ofte ...

Last updated on April 26 2011 at 15:15

Youth, Sin and Sex in Nigeria: Christianity and HIV/AIDS-Related Beliefs and Behaviour among Rural-Urban Migrants

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Last updated on April 20 2011 at 17:36

The effectiveness of a national communication campaign using religious leaders to reduce HIV-related stigma in Ghana

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This article describes the effects of a national mass media and community-level stigma-reduction programme in Ghana, in which national and local religious leaders urged their congregations and the gen ...

Last updated on April 20 2011 at 17:26

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