| Author: Mahendra, Vaishali Sharma, Laelia Gilborn, Bitra George, Luke Samson, Rupa Mudoi, Sarita Jadav, Indrani Gupta, Shalini Bharat, |
| InfoShare Partner: Horizons Program |
| Publication Date: April 2006 |
| Update Date: March 2007 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Behavior change interventions, HIV/AIDS care/treatment, Infectious diseases, other, Service delivery |
| Region: Asia/Pacific |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 342 KB |
| File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed. Visit Adobe's web site to get a free copy of Acrobat Reader. [download here]
|
|
Provide feedback on this document to Horizons Program
AIDS-related stigma and discrimination is a pervasive problem worldwide. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in India, as elsewhere, face stigma and discrimination in a variety of contexts, including the household, community, workplace, and health care setting. Research in India has shown that stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive people and those perceived to be infected are common in hospitals
and act as barriers to seeking and receiving critical treatment and care services (UNAIDS 2001).
Recognizing the need to move beyond documentation of the problem, three New Delhi hospitals; SHARAN, an Indian NGO; and the Horizons Program, with support from the National AIDS Control
Organisation (NACO), carried out an operations research project to develop and test responses to hospital-based stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
|
My BookBag: 0 Documents
Get RSS feed of latest InfoShare documents