Hospitals in Dorset have been accused of asking patients with HIV "intrusive" and "unnecessary" questions about how they contracted the virus. Body Positive Dorset said it has received complaints about Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals.
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- 22 November 2012
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BBC News
HIV-positive inmates are isolated from other prisoners. The goal is to stop the spread of the virus, which causes AIDS, and to reduce medical costs. But HIV-positive prisoners like Mr Knox say they are stigmatized by the isolation and are denied equal treatment.
- Published
- 19 November 2012
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New York Times
A large majority of gay men in the UK with
HIV describe having one or more problems with sex, an analysis of a survey
originally published in
- Published
- 07 November 2012
- By
- Gus Cairns
Scourge. Plague. Killer disease. All are terms still routinely used by Kenya's media to describe the HIV epidemic more than thirty years after it was first identified. Experts say the media needs to step up to promote a better understanding of the illness.
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- 02 November 2012
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IRIN Plus News
Two married couples have been forced from their village in East Kalimantan after information circulated that they had been infected with HIV.
- Published
- 29 October 2012
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Jakarta Globe
JUST over half of people with HIV have had their health status disclosed without their permission, and most have felt stigmatised, two new reports will reveal.
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- 29 October 2012
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The Age
Stigma is powerful, painful, and often confusing because it resonates with our own internal fears. Overcoming it takes persistence, courage, a strong sense of self, and a willingness to work with others.
- Published
- 26 October 2012
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Positively Aware
Positive Canadians fear new supreme court ruling that is intended to protect will end up causing even more harm
- Published
- 19 October 2012
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Monday Magazine
"Sofia, Samira and I were waiting impatiently to get our HIV test results. The atmosphere in the waiting room seemed quiet and unpleasant. I could observe fear and frustration on everybody's faces; a fear of being HIV positive, a fear of becoming an outcast among our friends, our families and our society....
"...[Sofia] wasn’t crying just because of being infected with HIV, she was crying because she knew the awful life that was coming. A life of being prejudged unjustly, being accused of what she was not responsible for, and being treated like a cheap prostitute...After the painful experience Sofia went through, she left the city the next morning, and since then nobody has heard from her."
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- 10 October 2012
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City College News
Big steps have been made in the battle against homophobia since the Stonewall riots of the 1960s. In spite of all the changes in the last few decades there’s still important work to be done challenging homophobia in particular spheres where discrimination is rife.
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- 26 September 2012
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GMI Partnership
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