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Researchers urge shift in addressing AIDS-related stigma

    JOHANNESBURG
    A new report on AIDS-related stigma in Southern Africa has called for laws that define and protect the rights of HIV-positive people. The recent publication by the Southern African Human Sciences Research Council, 'Understanding HIV/AIDS Stigma', said hundreds of the region's people died without admitting to those closest to them that they had been living with the HI virus. AIDS-related stigma was the result of ignorance that could be changed if people were given the facts, the report suggested, and noted that "there needs to be a shift in the way interventions by states and NGOs are formulated". Access the complete report: http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/index.asp?id=2088

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