"Stigma in your pockets"

Why is it that whenever we hear those words 'HIV and AIDS', our ears instinctively perk up? Why is it that after 20 years of experience and learning is this disease still raging around the planet? And why is it that despite years of public health education about the virus, does HIV-related stigma and resultant discrimination continue to be major barriers to the uptake of services, limiting the success of prevention, treatment and care programmes globally?

HIV and AIDS is a human disease, a social disease, a raw, personal, emotional disease that challenges our beliefs, attitudes and behaviour. The stigma surrounding the virus makes it different to many other diseases - we're talking sex, morality, shame, blame, fear, condoms and rights.

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