Stigmabase | HIV

HIV treatment is being automated to reduce stigma - Self-testing kits and vending machines distributing prescription drugs are two ways that HIV treatment is being automated to reduce stigma in South Africa, home of the world's biggest HIV epidemic. With 7.1 million people living with HIV in the country, removing human intervention is helping experts ...

CVS Is Being Sued For Revealing The HIV Status Of Thousands Of Customers - CVS Health is being sued for allegedly revealing the HIV status of some 6,000 people in Ohio. ... on March 21 by three unidentified patients, the company sent out letters last year that revealed the status of participants in the state's HIV drug-assistance program through the clear window of the envelopes.

Is being Black-ish also being homophobic -ish?  - While uptightness and awkwardness are standard shtick when it comes to sex talk, implicit and explicit homophobia is not. In Dre's insistence that he ...

How Your Money Is Being Squandered: GHANA Where EVERY Family Is Getting ... : Ghana is one of Africa's success stories. The former British colony is a stable democracy whose growth rate is among the world's highest, recently boosted by oil production, and which has made such progress reducing poverty that last year it became a ... Peace FM Online

Is being "Black-ish" also being homophobic -ish  - The second episode of ABC's promising new comedy "Black-ish" left its LGBTQ viewership "black and blue." “It looks a little gay,” Pop (the grandfather ...

HIV Long Term Cure is Being Developed by The Scripps Research Institute -  HIV is one of the gravest viruses that have roamed on planet Earth. Many people are dying each day as a result of that and this is why scientists will ...

Public transport network is being reshaped in South Africa : "The African Union has identified regional integration, bringing together countries of the continent, as the way to solve the chronic problems of poverty , hunger, jobs and constraints on growth. The key to integrating the national economies is swift, ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA

Is Being Out Outside Uganda Any Easier? : The proclamation came on the heels of a police raid on a gay rights conference outside Kampala and resulted in the detention of several activists. The news is making waves, not least in South Africa , a country whose status as the continent's gay haven ...

How the notorious HIV virus is being hijacked to tackle cancer  -  HIV is one of the deadliest viruses encountered by humans in recent history and will kill 1.5m people this year alone, compare this to Ebola, ...

Trump Business Is Being Sued For Anti-Gay Discrimination - A former employee of the Trump National Golf Course in New Jersey is suing the company for firing him after complaining about homophobic  ...

Is being gay un-African? : Every time the term homosexuality is mentioned, one can always expects, 'un- African and un-Christian or Islamic' to follow in quick succession. But in reality there are many African communities which have had traditional same-sex marriages among ... Gay Star News

New gel to prevent HIV is being developed  - A gel that can be used by women after sex to protect against HIV is a step closer, according to researchers. Drugs applied three hours after infection  ...

Diagnosing of HIV is being 'left too late' - We're committed to ensuring people living with HIV have access to the right services and treatment with easy, accessible, stigma-free testing of HIV .” The report, which looks at HIV in the region in 2016, has shown that only Cumbria is taking longer to diagnose HIV patients. Despite this, the borough ...

British aid to South Africa is being cut, right? Wrong : Miss Greening's statements, made just before the local elections, declared that the £19 million aid budget would be ended completely. "I have agreed with my South African counterparts," she said, "that South Africa is now in a position to fund its own ...

How the People of Sierra Leone are Being Helped to Help Themselves : Sierra Leone is a country with so much potential. Because people are now being provided by Christian Aid with the tools to lift themselves out of poverty , that potential is being given a chance and people can fulfil their dreams.

Is Africa's negative image justified? Eleven viewpoints : The international media is often criticised for only reporting on the negatives of Africa, with stories focusing on poverty , famine, war and corruption. Is the media biased? Or is the way that Africa is being portrayed a true reflection of what is ... How we made it in Africa

Liberia's Gay Population Is Being Blamed For Ebola, And Punished With Violence  - An Amnesty International representative in West Africa , Francois Patuel told Reuters that there were reports of threats and violence against the LGBT  ...

How PrEP Is Being Blocked By Bureaucracy  - After months of petitioning from HIV /AIDS advocates, officials with Los Angeles County's Division of HIV and STD Programs (DHSP) presented a ...

Training programmes to tackle HIV /Aids taboo - A SERIES of training programmes to tackle the taboo associated with HIV /Aids is being held in Bahrain. It is being spearheaded by the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) in hopes of allowing people living with the disease to enjoy full rights and not be isolated from society.

Is Being Gay Easier If You're Jewish?  - Some Jews say they see Judaism as a more accepting religion for gay ... parade and LGBTQ beach, was called the gay capital of the Middle East by ...