How to fight stigma against HIV-positive individuals

Stigma starts with the person themselves, in what is described as self-stigma. This involves hating yourself, everyone, or anything around you.

Uganda Police health services team conducting screening and testing for TB, HIV and Malaria.

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision

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Currently, Uganda has 1.4 million people living with HIV.

If you were to sit with all of them, you would get more than 1.4 million stories of stigma because

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How to fight stigma against HIV-positive individuals

Stigma starts with the person themselves, in what is described as self-stigma. This involves hating yourself, everyone, or anything around you.

Uganda Police health services team conducting screening and testing for TB, HIV and Malaria.

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