Is mental illness a social stigma?
Dr Waseem, head of Psycho and Geriatrics Ward at the Punjab Institute of Mental Health (PIMH) said that people are not ready to accept their relatives after they have been declared mentally fit by doctors. // He says that there are 30 such patients who have completely recovered but no place to go. When asked about this rising issue to the family members they say that the...Driven to Suicide by Stigma of HIV
15-year-old Indian boy, Santosh Baniya whose parents were diagnosed with HIV was driven to suicide because of the stigma associated with the disease//. Santosh Baniya succumbed to his burn injuries after he set himself on fire in Ahmedabad last week. The boy’s parents, both vegetable sellers, had been diagnosed with HIV two years ago. Investigations have suggested that Santo...Stigma attached to HIV/Aids hampers efforts to fight the disease
Human Rights Watch, an organization that keenly champions the battle against HIV /AIDS has come out hard against the abuses hurled at activists, which thwarts the efforts// put in by such organizations. Joe Amon, director of the HIV/AIDS program at Human Rights Watch said “Twenty-five years into the epidemic, people living with HIV or AIDS are still feared and stigmatized. We can’t de...HIV Carriers Form an Association to Fight Social Stigma in Jharkhand
To draw strength from each other and fight social stigma, HIV carriers in Jharkhand have formed an association// . The Jharkhand Network for People Living with HIV has 200 members. More are likely to join. The association will educate people to treat HIV carriers in a humane manner. It will also seek assistance from the government to ensure adequate healthcare facilities and proper ac...Stigma of AIDS at the workplace
The stigma attached to AIDS has only been accelerated by ignorance and fear causing discrimination at the workplace. In spite of laws that are meant// to prevent discrimination at the workplace when it comes to HIV/AIDS patients, no one seems to be paying any heed. Several millions of HIV positive people across the world have been turned away from jobs because of the stigma attached t...Terry-Schanzlin Astigmatome - Speculum Sets
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