Definition: HIV Stigma

HIV Stigma

Prejudice and discrimination directed at people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and the groups and communities that they are associated with. It can result in people living with HIV/AIDS being rejected from their community, shunned, discriminated against or even physically hurt.

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