HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination Drive New HIV Infections in India and South Asia
July 21, 2010
July 21, 2010
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- World Bank issued the following news release:
HIV prevalence in India and South Asia is growing among sex workers, injecting drug users, and other marginalized groups largely because of a widespread failure to prevent stigma and discrimination toward people living with AIDS, or at high risk of contracting the virus, according to a new report launched today at the global AIDS summit in Vienna, Austria.
The new report by the World Bank and the . . .
HIV prevalence in India and South Asia is growing among sex workers, injecting drug users, and other marginalized groups largely because of a widespread failure to prevent stigma and discrimination toward people living with AIDS, or at high risk of contracting the virus, according to a new report launched today at the global AIDS summit in Vienna, Austria.
The new report by the World Bank and the . . .