"HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: A conceptual framework and" by Richard Parker, Peter Aggleton et al.
 

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2002

Abstract

In 1987, Jonathan Mann, then director of the WHO Global Programme on AIDS, identified three phases of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the epidemic of HIV, the epidemic of AIDS, and the epidemic of stigma, discrimination, and denial. Despite international efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS since then, stigma and discrimination (S&D) remain among the most poorly understood aspects of the epidemic. This poor understanding is due in part to the complexity and diversity of S&D, but also to limitations in current thinking within the field and the inadequacy of available theoretical and methodological tools. This paper proposes a new conceptual framework to help inform thinking about the processes of S&D, about the way these processes relate to HIV/AIDS, and about potential interventions to address S&D and minimize their impact. The paper analyzes the sources of S&D, the ways in which HIV/AIDS-related S&D manifests itself, and the contexts in which HIV/AIDS-related S&D take place; highlights the limitations of current thinking and argues that S&D need to be understood as social rather than individual processes; and identifies an agenda for research and intervention.

DOI

10.31899/hiv2002.1010

Language

English

Project

Horizons Program

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