Stigma & HIV/AIDS
- Feelings of Stigmatization May Discourage HIV Patients From Proper Care (October 29, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Zimbabwe Women Combat HIV Stigma (October 19, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York Times Examines HIV Stigma In Vietnam (October 14, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV Stigma and Disclosure (September/October 2009)
Can social support help?
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Worldwide, Health Care Workers Are Often Sources of HIV Stigma and Discrimination, Report Says (September 15, 2009)
From The Body
- South Carolina: A Cure for the Stigma -- Medicines Have Advanced, But Stigma Is Biggest Challenge in HIV/AIDS Battle (September 14, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign in Western North Carolina Addresses Stigma (June 3, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- First Papua New Guinea Man Ever Convicted for AIDS Abuse (May 26, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Governments Should Increase Efforts to Reduce Stigma, Improve Access to HIV Services Among MSM, UNAIDS Executive Director Sidibe Says (May 20, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- U.S. HIV Awareness Is Disturbingly Low, Survey Suggests (April 28, 2009)
The latest nationwide survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which reveals disturbing trends about how much complacency the U.S. has about its HIV epidemic, and how far we still have to go in fighting misconceptions and stigma.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Alabama: Silence, Stigma Still Mark HIV (April 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- IRIN/PlusNews Examines Stigma Surrounding HIV-Positive Pregnant Women (January 28, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Bill to Implant Microchips in "Sexually Aggressive" HIV-Positive People in Indonesian Province Generates Support, Criticism (November 25, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Anti-Gay Oppression Undermines Prevention Efforts Targeting MSM Around the World (July/August 2008)
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In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Stigma Still Clings to HIV-Positive Women in United States, Survey Finds (March 31, 2008)
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- U.S. HIVers Still Discriminated Against by Health Care Professionals, Study Finds (January 22, 2008)
From aidsmap.com
- How We Talk About HIV: A Blog Entry by Terri Wilder (December 1, 2007)
From Terri Wilder
- Nobody's Being Buried Alive, Says Papua New Guinea AIDS Committee (September 13, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIVers Buried Alive in Papua New Guinea (August 28, 2007)
From Agence France-Presse
- HIV Stigma and Rates of Infection: A Rumour Without Evidence (November 3, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Battle Against AIDS in Africa: Behind the Pain, There's Hope (September 21, 2006)
In The Independent
- Personal Perspective: Stigma in Zambia (Fall 2006)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- "HIV Does Not Define Me" (November/December 2005)
Jim Pickett has embraced his role as an HIV-positive public speaker, but he loathes people who treat him like little more than a walking virus.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Man Mistakenly Told He Had HIV Speaks Out About Experience (October 10, 2004)
Jim Malone offers a poignant glimpse into the impact an HIV diagnosis has on a person's life -- and on the brutal role HIV stima still plays in the United States today.
In The New England Journal of Medicine
- Sorry, Doom-and-Gloomers, but It Doesn't Always Suck to Live With HIV (September 2004)
Living with HIV has its ups and its downs, says Chicago AIDS advocate Jim Pickett -- so why do so many people in HIV prevention make it sound like a living hell?.
From HIV Stops With Me
- Stigma of AIDS Is Helping to Spread Epidemic (August 30, 2004)
Scientists may know more about HIV/AIDS today than ever before, writes Vincent J. Lynch, Ph.D., but myths and misinformation continue to threaten both HIV-positive and -negative people in the United States.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Cruising With Lazarus: Fear, Loathing and Discrimination in Las Vegas (March/April 2004)
Examples of how HIV stigma is still very much alive and well in the United States.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- HIV/AIDS in Its Second Decade: Stigma and Death (August 12, 2003)
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
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