No linear link emerges between non-attendance at scheduled clinic visits and stigma. Data was gathered over a four-year period in an area of high HIV prevalence and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) use. They show that higher rates of loss-to-follow up (LTFU) are independently associated with:
Universal test and treat: How will this impact HIV stigma? - James Hargreaves
HIV-related stigma creates barriers to HIV prevention and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, and health facilities are an important setting for HIV-related stigmatising behaviour and attitudes. Universal testing and treating of HIV (UTT), a key component of the PopART trial, may change the nature of HIV-related stigma. The webinar presents the prospective study nested within the HPTN071 (PopART) cluster randomised trial. This study aims to
Community building to reduce the HIV/AIDS related stigma among female sex workers in Karnataka, India
A strong association was found between community mobilisation and a reduction in the stigmatising attitudes of female sex workers towards HIV/AIDS.
Structural drivers and interventions: State of the evidence and barriers to action
Michael Samson summarises what we know about the structural factors shaping HIV risk and how to tackle them.
A high-level meeting in Washington, DC on 9 January 2014 addressed the social drivers of AIDS and extreme poverty. In this presentation to the gathering, the research director of EPRI (the Economic Policy Research Institute) synthesises the existing evidence base in order to:
STRIVE and AIDSTAR-One position paper series: Structural approaches to HIV prevention
STRIVE and AIDSTAR-One presentations on structural prevention
The current and future direction of structural prevention efforts.
AIDSTAR-One draft resource tool for structural approaches to HIV prevention
What are the interventions that address structural factors? How can they be prioritised, operationalised and evaluated?
Lori Heise on the upstream factors that shape HIV risk
How STRIVE intervenes upstream to reduce HIV risk.