More Efforts Being Made to End Stigma and Discrimination Among PLHIV in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda – On December 3rd, 2020, the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS (UGANET) hosted and conducted a live tweet chat on ‘Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic’. The tweet chat, moderated by Immaculate Owomugisha, Head of Advocacy & Litigation at UGANET, aimed to discuss the issue of stigma and discrimination faced by People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Uganda. HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice, negative attitudes and abuse directed at people living with HIV/AIDS. Out of the estimated 1.4 million PLHIV, about 1.1 million are accessing antiretroviral... Read More