Discrimination

Discrimination of gays sparks protest in students!

Students are protesting against the ban put on gay men to donate blood in Aberdeen. Students of the Robert Gordon University expressed the desire that they wanted the ban overturned. They also// warned that the current situation perpetuates myths about gay men that are now defunct. As part of the protest, students will hand out cards asking heterosexual young people to give...

Korea: No Discrimination against Those with AIDS/HIV in the Workplace

The Government of Korea will soon enforce legal regulations against any sort of discrimination against people with AIDS and HIV. // The Health and Welfare Ministry is due to submit a bill that will seek to shut out any prejudiced treatment of AIDS and HIV patients, in the workplace. This bill will ensure equal rights to them in all areas -promotion, leave of absence and the like. Pen...

Satyam Stops Conducting HIV Tests On Employees To Prevent Discrimination

In order to prevent discrimination against the people suffering from AIDS, Satyam Computer Services has stopped conducting HIV tests on potential employees. // Satyam is the first Indian IT company to do away with the test on candidates selected for jobs in its various software development centres and BPO units. From March we have stopped conducting the HIV/AIDS test to pro...

Justice To Former Male Nurse In sex Discrimination Case

A former student male nurse yesterday won a landmark sex -discrimination case against NHS hospitals that did not permit him to perform intimate medical //procedures on women patients, if a female chaperone was absent. The Equal Opportunities Commission said the court ruling challenged assumptions that all men are sexual predators and as men make up only 10% of the workforce it...

Steps to End Discrimination of AIDS Patients

Steps would be taken to end discrimination towards HIV positive patients and ensure welfare measures to them, National Legal Service Authority Chairman //and Supreme Court Judge K G Balakrishnan said today. Delivering the keynote address here at the joint meeting of parliamentary committees to protect the rights of HIV/AIDS patients and prevent crimes against women, he said a comprehe...

Clinton, Gates Highlight Treatment, Discrimination of AIDS

Former US president Bill Clinton and Microsoft boss Bill Gates said inadequate access to treatment and continued discrimination were among the biggest problems// in combating the AIDS epidemic, in addresses to the largest ever AIDS conference under way in Toronto. "We've got to continue to fight the stigma and stop people from being scared to know their status," Clinton told the confer...

Legislation to Prevent Discrimination against HIV/AIDS Victims

Draft legislation on prevention of discrimination against HIV/AIDS victims will be tabled by the Union Health Ministry before the Cabinet for approval.// In the light of the XVI International AIDS Conference, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said, "it took a little time, because we wanted some amendments to the draft and elaborate discussions with the stakeholders. Hopefully, the...

HIV discrimination in workplace should be eliminated

The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) has confirmed that 22 organizations have joined hands, formalizing their consent to weed out the stigma and discrimination// associated with AIDS in the working environment. Teaming up with the Health and labor companies, the employers group has been conducting workshops for the companies that believe in instituting policies to combat HIV/AIDS...

India to Set Up 'Health Ombudsman' to Check Anti-AIDS Discrimination

India Wednesday said it proposed to set up a health ombudsman to monitor discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS.// Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi told the Lok Sabha in a written answer that the appointment of a "Health Ombud" will be part of a bill that government proposes to bring in parliament to prevent discrimination against people with the de...

President Urges to Avoid Discrimination Against AIDS Patients

The President, Shri A.P.J.Abdul Kalam has urged Parliamentarians to see that a robust and effective legislation which would prevent discrimination against AIDS// patients in their day-to-day life is brought into force within the next six months. The President was addressing a function on World AIDS Day organized by Parliamentarians Forum on HIV/AIDS and NACO here today. The President...

More Evidence of Racial Discrimination in the NHS

A blog site that writes on National Health Services called Frontpoint Systems (http://www.frontpointsystems.co.uk The site highlights what is wrong within NHS generally and writing about medic...

Doctor's AIDS Documentary Focus on Stigma and Discrimination

Doctor-filmmaker Jorge Guillermo Caravotta, whose AIDS documentary "Second Life" was released recently, says people are dying more from the stigma attached// to the disease than the disease itself. India has 5.1 million HIV positive people, second only to South Africa. However, the stigma and discrimination associated with this disease are the real enemies, said Mumbai-based Caravotta...

Qigong Help Chronically Ill People to Cope With Anxiety and Discrimination

Oriental therapies can help chronically ill people stay strong and reduce stress levels during epidemics, according to research.// Researchers have shown that people who practiced the Oriental art of Qigong – which combines gentle exercise with breathing techniques, meditation and visualisation – reaped considerable benefits during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong. It also h...

Racial Discrimination Takes The Nobility Out Of Doctoring

Previous doubts about racial inequalities, even at the cost of lives, are turning out to be the ugly truth. A recent study finds that blacks are far less likely than whites to get specialized procedures, like angioplasty, after a heart attack, which leave them more vulnerable to future fatal attacks. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, tracked...