HIV ATLAS

Posted by amupopyeni

Puny, a 35 year old HIV positive teacher suffered stigma and discrimination from her colleagues at her workplace.

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Posted by Henry Neondo (henry)

While stigma and discrimination may still be killing Kenyans by preventing them from accessing treatment, bureaucratic challenges and lack of strong accountability mechanisms may equally be contributing to unnecessary deaths.

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Posted by Henry Neondo (henry)

The preliminary results from an innovative HIV counseling and testing program supported by the Kenyan Ministry of Health show that the stigma of HIV testing can be overcome when it is directly addressed by having an entire community participate.

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Posted by amupopyeni

Nelly, who became a widower five days later after their marriage relates her husband's death as follows: "This is a sad story to me and I always burst in tears every time I think about what happened. Before we got married my boyfriend revealed his status to me, he was HIV positive. That was not an issue to me. We agree to get married, and we did. It was unfortunate that traditionally a bride has to go back to her parents few days after their marriage and come back after two or three days. Before I went back to my parents' homestead I observed that my mother-in-law did not want my husband to come closer to her or to step in her kitchen for food. This affected my husband badly. Two days later when I came back from my parents' homestead I found my husband depressed. I took him to hospital, unfortunately he was severely traumatised. He only stayed one day in hospital and he passed away. This was bad, " Nelly concluded.

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Posted by Jessicah

The life of 28-year old ‘R’, a resident of New Karachi, was devastated when she was recently diagnosed positive for HIV. Infected by her husband who died two years ago, ‘R’ has been forcibly deprived of contact with her four children by in-laws while her parents’ neighbours object to her staying with them.

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Posted by Henry Neondo (henry)

Malawi is said to be struggling to fight the stigma against HIV/AIDS. The Malawi government has managed to effectively respond to HIV/AIDS beyond what activists call average levels, but the country has failed to address human rights issues surrounding the pandemic in that country. While the country has sound HIV and AIDS policies and has demonstrated a strong sense of leadership and understanding of the pandemic, the general public has little understanding of HIV/AIDS matters and this has resulted into the violation of rights of those that are infected. The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) one of the several Malawian civil society orgnisations that are implementing HIV/AIDS human rights programes has uncovered that while there is more knowledge of HIV/AIDS issues in the country, many people are still not respecting the dignity of persons living with HIV.

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Posted by Lucia

Isn't it time that journalists started taking HIV/AIDS beyond the newsroom and into the bedroom? In many newsrooms the highly politicised topic of HIV/AIDS remains just that - political. Journalists aren't immune to HIV/AIDS; they just don't talk about it.

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Posted by giten

We should adopt effective strategies to deal with the issues related to HIV/AIDS: how to make people understand that people living with HIV/AIDS are not to be hated, stigmatized and discriminated upon.” He however stated that the meeting would have been more effective if the achievements and activities of the MLFA along with the challenges faced had been highlighted. “I would like to know what policies, programs, strategies and plan of action that will be adopted in the future”, he added.

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Posted by godsway

The recent slaying of a woman in western Uganda by her husband after he tested positive for HIV has highlighted the need for the government to tackle HIV-related human rights abuses. The man is reported to have hacked his wife to death in August, after accusing her of infecting him with the virus. Following the incident, HIV-positive protesters marched through the capital, Kampala, calling on the government to provide greater protection to people living with HIV. At least three similar incidents have been reported around the country in the past year alone.

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Posted by Linda Lilian (owamazima)

Most people cannot stand up to the stigma about them. No one wants to be pointed out as a T.B patient and then related to an AIDS patient. The worst option which a number of Ugandans undertake involves keeping away from T.B and HIV/AIDS tests as well as treatment.

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Posted by Linda Lilian (owamazima)

There is a thin line between taking the brave step to take a test for Tuberculosis, start on the treatment and then complete it while taking the chance of being alienated and pointed out in society. Stigma is a wild guess that keeps it victims guessing over what is to happen next rather than take the responsible and ethical choice of testing and geting on treatment before their health is derailed.

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Posted by Linda Lilian (owamazima)

Stigma against people with TB in Uganda is so strong it wouldn’t be hard to imagine a bus full of people fleeing the vehicle or making assumptions about HIV co-infection after finding out another passenger had the disease. According to Roger Mugisha, a Clinial Officer working in Bushenyi, the fact that 70% of people diagnosed with TB are found to be HIV positive has contributed to the levels of stigma. “If you have TB and do not test HIV positive, it is a great relief,” Mugisha said.

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Posted by Linda Lilian (owamazima)

Stigma against people with TB in Uganda is so strong it wouldn’t be hard to imagine a bus full of people fleeing the vehicle or making assumptions about HIV co-infection after finding out another passenger had the disease. According to Roger Mugisha, a Clinial Officer working in Bushenyi, the fact that 70% of people diagnosed with TB are found to be HIV positive has contributed to the levels of stigma. “If you have TB and do not test HIV positive, it is a great relief,” Mugisha said.

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Posted by giten

30-year old widow and mother of two children, who herself is HIV positive, said one of her children has been tested HIV positive and the greatest difficulty she is facing is to educate her HIV positive child and take care of his nutritional support due to poverty in the family.

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Posted by giten

Like Rita, many children, whose parents are living with the dreaded disease in different parts of Manipur, are discriminated against and stigmatised despite programmes by AIDS workers.

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Posted by giten

When Jeffrey (not his real name), 38, was diagnosed with the disease in 2003, he was told by his doctor to "go out and do all the bad things since you are going to die anyway". "He made me feel awful," said Jeffrey.

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Posted by Namaram Kishalaya (Dodo) (dodonamaram)

Indian Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said that Article 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which disallows homosexuality under unnatural sexual practices, is a major stumbling block in tracking down AIDS carriers for health intervention.

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Posted by telam

Those with HIV/AIDS are viewed with suspicion. Not any more. MyPlus, an NGO made up of HIV/AIDS sufferers, will educate the public and correct the misperception that the disease is a death sentence, writes NISHA SABANAYAGAM. KUALA LUMPUR: The first national network of people living with HIV/AIDS has been formed. Known as MyPlus, it aims to empower the HIV/AIDS community as well as to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease. It is also the first non-governmental organisation dealing with HIV/AIDS that will be made up solely of those who have the disease.

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Posted by godsway

The reduction of new HIV infections among children should start with the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission said yesterday.

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Posted by giten

With the launch of India’s first insurance policy for people living with HIV, an estimated 5.2 million HIV positive individuals would have a tidy one-time payment of Rs 50,000 to turn to when AIDS sets in

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