HIV Stigma and Discrimination Reduction

Stigma and discrimination are firmly established as key barriers to HIV prevention, care, and treatment—both inside health facilities and beyond. Stigma impedes scale-up of care and treatment, impacting all stages of the treatment cascade. Often, the individuals and groups most likely to experience HIV-related stigma and discrimination are also those who are most at risk of HIV infection. HP+ is designing and implementing evidence-based approaches to stigma-reduction, giving health facilities and decision-makers the tools to fight stigma and discrimination and accelerate progress toward achieving epidemic control.

Publications

Health Policy Plus: Groundbreaking Research and Initiatives to Measure and Reduce Stigma and Discrimination

Engaging with Health Facilities for HIV-related Stigma Reduction

Gender & Sexual Diversity: A Training on Policies, Health, and Gender and Sexual Diversity (Country Adaptations)

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What We Do

HP+ is implementing comprehensive approaches to reduce stigma and discrimination, leading groundbreaking research and initiatives to create globally standardized tools and indicators for measuring and addressing stigma in health facilities. Specifically, HP+ is working with country partners to:

• Improve national reporting and monitoring of discrimination in Ghana and  Jamaica
• Design and implement gender and sexual diversity training for PEPFAR staff in 38 countries
• Study the impact of stigma and discrimination on access and adherence to care for adolescents, pregnant women, and sex workers
• Design and test a package of stigma-reduction tools for health facilities
• Adapt our “total facility approach” to stigma-reduction for use in concentrated and generalized epidemic settings
• Integrate an additional focus on stigma towards adolescents and young adults (ages 15-24)

News

Stigma: A Multiplier of HIV Risk and Prevalence

HP+ is Engaging with Health Facilities to Reduce HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination

Spotlighting the Role of Key Populations in West Africa's HIV Response