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The
negative impact of stigma and discrimination on individuals living
with HIV/AIDS continues to be the greatest barrier to status
disclosure, testing, effective care, and prevention. The social
issues of stigma and discrimination, their negative impact on
treatment and prevention, HIV/AIDS in the workplace, and the
attitude of health care professionals toward PLWHA represent some of
the human rights issues that affect PLWHA and those affected by
HIV/AIDS. Local, national, and regional experiences of HIV-related
stigma will be presented for discussion in an effort to foster new
partnerships and promote further dialogue among PLWHA, health care
professionals, service providers, and policymakers.
This
track addresses both the social and the legal issues that affect
PLWHA in the Caribbean
and
will review the impact of the legal framework in Caribbean
territories on the quality of life of those infected with, and
affected by, HIV/AIDS.
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| Learning
Objectives: |
At
the conclusion of the track’s sessions, participants should be
able to:
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Be
sensitized to the issues of stigma and discrimination and how
they manifest themselves in the domestic, community, church,
health, corporate (work),
and political environments
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Understand
that PLWHA have rights and be able to define those rights
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Appreciate
the impact of stigma and discrimination on the mitigation of the
spread and treatment of HIV/AIDS
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Better
sympathize and empathize with the challenges of PLWHA who face
stigma and discrimination every day
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Understand
the concept of and methods of discrimination
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Understand
the concept of self-stigmatization
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