Howard University Hospital is hosting the International Conference on Stigma on World AIDS Day December 1, 2010.
The Washington Post reports (In Africa, Courts Shape Views on AIDS: Rulings Hold Power To Ease or Deepen Stigma of Disease) on the human rights issues reflecting the intersection between sociocultural stigma and legal methods of control. From the article: Laws crafted to deal with such a vast constituency, experts say, could help curb the [...]
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The Post reports (India gay ruling boosts AIDS fight but stigma lingers) India has an additional means to address its HIV rate (which is “at least 2.5 million HIV infected people”) now that the Delhi High Court has decriminalize gay sex. Community outreach workers and clinicians will Indiacertainly be better able to address modes of [...]