Showing posts with label HIV stigma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HIV stigma. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

10 Common HIV/AIDS Myths and the Facts Everyone Should Know


HIV/Aids pills

HIV/Aids pills


Original article published by REAL HEALTH TREATMENTS


Beginning to understand the challenges of HIV/AIDS starts by dealing with some of the common myths people tend to believe about the disease. The following are some of the myths and facts about the disease.

1. 1. HIV/AIDS is mostly a disease of homosexual men

Primarily spread by heterosexual sex, HIV/AIDS now infects as many women as men worldwide. Although the disease was first recognized in the United States among gay men, it has also significantly spread among IV drug users. Internationally, it is more often a disease of heterosexuals.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

AIDS Doesn't Discriminate: Challenging Stigma and Embracing Compassion


Taking care of aids patient, a book by Joel Savage

Taking care of aids patients, a book by Joel Savage

According to a report published by the New York Times, HIV/AIDS patients are committing suicide at a far higher rate than the general population, and at a higher rate even than among people with other fatal diseases, according to a new study of patients in New York City.