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Secrecy, stigma and HIV/AIDS: An introduction
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Graeme Reid --- , South Africa Liz Walker --- , South AfricaThis paper situates the articles selected for this special issue of AJAR within the context of the Sex and Secrecy conference, from which they emerged and within the discourse of secrecy. Secrecy and silence which have characterised the HIV/AIDS epidemic... -
HIV/AIDS stigma: The latest dirty secret
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jo Stein --- AIDS and Society Research Unit, Centre for Social Science Research, South AfricaThe rejection of HIV/AIDS stigma is based on the understanding that all acts of social exclusion relating to HIV/AIDS are not only morally wrong but also counterproductive to effective HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. There is some survey evidence suggesting that... -
The role of civil society in health policy making in South Africa: a review of the strategies adopted by the Treatment Action Campaign
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Stella C Sabi --- Food Security Programme, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mark Rieker --- Policy and Development Studies, South AfricaThe diagnosis of AIDS in 1982 in South Africa was followed by a rapid rise in the number of people living with the virus and dying from AIDS-related illnesses. The 2016 report by the Statistics South Africa indicated that about... -
People's perceptions of HIV/AIDS as portrayed by their labels of the disease: the case of Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS • Authors: Joyce T Mathangwane --- University of Botswana,It is typical of societies to come up with their own labels or names to any phenomenon that may befall them in the course of their life time. Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has been no exception to this...
