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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

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Optimism remains in bringing an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Researchers continue to make progress in addressing HIV/AIDS. This, as many around the globe recently marked the 37th annual World AIDS Day ...

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Why scientists want people living with HIV to start using climate-friendly ARVS

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, November 28, 2024

... antiretroviral (ARV) largely used in Kenya that they say is not climate-friendly due to high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Speaking to Healthy ... View article...

HIV infections can be prevented – why some people act to protect themselves, and others don't

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 29, 2024

People are at the heart of the HIV pandemic, so it's important to understand how they make protection decisions. View article...

Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week focuses on reducing stigma and promoting health equity

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

... HIV and AIDS. The national campaign includes activities and educational events tailored to various Indigenous groups. It aims to address common ... View article...

HIV Cases, Deaths Decline But Some Shortfalls Remain, Says UNAIDS

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, November 28, 2024

At least 9.3 million people living with HIV didn't receive antiretroviral therapy in 2023, and 1.3 million acquired it. View article...

UNAIDS Report: 46 Million Could Live with HIV by 2050 Without Accelerated Progress

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, November 29, 2024

Fear of discriminatory treatment or unauthorised disclosure of HIV status is a key reason for many people not seeking HIV testing.Photograph ... View article...

Where we stand with the HIV epidemic

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2024

New HIV infections have reduced by 60% since the peak in 1995 and deaths are down by a third. In 2023, 1.3m people became newly infected with HIV , ... View article...

'ViiV's HIV treatment breakthroughs offer hope, but stigma remains a barrier'

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2024

Advances in antiretroviral therapy have radically extended life expectancy for those diagnosed. Take, for example, a 20-year-old diagnosed in 2008 who ... View article...

About 500 cases of HIV registered in Armenia in 2023

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, December 12, 2024

Some 500 new cases of HIV were reported in Armenia from January 1 to October 31, 2023, Stepan Atoyan, director of the National Center for ... View article...

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New target set to curb China's HIV rate by 2030

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Since around 2012, the country has effectively halted HIV transmission through blood transfusions, reduced mother-to-child transmission and curbed the ... View article...

Canada's progress towards ending the HIV epidemic, 2022

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Public Health Agency of Canada acknowledges the efforts by First Nations partners in the prevention of HIV infections, the care of people living ... View article...

Russia's HIV Crisis: 30000 annual deaths of working-age people undermine dwindling labour force

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Around 30000 Russians of working age die annually from HIV , according to Vadim Pokrovsky, the head of Russia's Federal Methodological Centre for . View article...

How innovation is rolling back HIV transmission from mother to child

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

“When the nurses found out I was HIV -positive, some refused to touch me,” Nelima recalls. “They even stopped assisting me.” Despite the stigma, her ... View article...

Our experiences of living with HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Many living with HIV today were infected at birth in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Now adults, View article...

Health project seeks to save lives from extreme heat

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Anna Bershteyn has worked in HIV research for years — a field that has advanced so much the last few decades she hopes it's on its way to becoming ... View article...

No-Cost HIV Prevention in Pennsylvania Revolutionizes Healthcare Access

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

“ HIV PrEP medication can save lives and change the trajectory of communities deeply affected by HIV ,” said Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael ... View article...

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