AIDS Stigma Threatens Hard-won Progress

ICRW, with GlaxoSmithKline's Positive Action program and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, hosted a day-long symposium to discuss recent research on HIV/AIDS-related stigma and promising strategies and tools for stigma reduction on the eve of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

Click here for more information and links to selected presentations.

New report: HIV/AIDS Stigma — Finding Solutions to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Programs

HIV/AIDS-related stigma has long been recognized as a crucial barrier to the prevention, care and treatment of HIV and AIDS.  This synthesis report draws from six years of research on HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia.

Click here to read the report.   

XVI International AIDS Conference

Aug. 13 – 18, 2006
Toronto, Canada

After hosting a symposium on how to reduce the stigma of AIDS, many ICRW staff participated in the XVI International AIDS Conference.  Below is a complete listing of presentations by ICRW researchers, including links to selected presentations.

ICRW Presentations

Sun., Aug. 13

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Satellite event:
Microbicide Introduction Dynamics in Africa and India
Geeta Rao Gupta, chair of morning session

5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Satellite event:
Women's Property and Inheritance Rights and its Linkages to HIV/AIDS
Nata Duvvury

Mon., Aug. 14

8:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Plenary:
Taking Stock: Current Challenges in the Global Response
Geeta Rao Gupta, co-chair

12:30 p.m to 2:00 p.m.
Poster presentation:
The Challenge of Evaluating Stigma-reduction Programs: Development of Comprehensive Tested and Validated Measures
Laura Nyblade
Kerry MacQuarrie

4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Bridging Session:
Leadership in Girls' Education: An Essential Component in HIV Prevention
Geeta Rao Gupta, speaker

4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Global Village:
Strengthening Partnerships for Women's Property and Inheritance Rights
Nata Duvvury

Tues., Aug. 15

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Poster presentation:
Measuring Enacted Stigma: Results from Surveys with the General Population and People Living with HIV and AIDS
Kerry MacQuarrie
Laura Nyblade

1:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Global Village:
Donor-Grassroots Dialogue on Accountability
Nata Duvvury

2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Symposium:
HIV Prevention: Evolution and Change in Program Development
Geeta Rao Gupta, co-moderator

4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Symposium:
HIV and Poverty: Breaking the Vicious Cycle
Geeta Rao Gupta, presenter

Wed., Aug. 16

10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Panel:
Stigma and Discrimination: The Undoing of Universal Access?
Laura Nyblade

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Poster presentation:
Gender Concerns in HIV Vaccine Research: Reflections from Key Stakeholders in East Africa
Laura Nyblade

Thurs., Aug. 17

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Poster presentation:
Gender Differences and the Experience of Stigma
Kerry MacQuarrie
Laura Nyblade

12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Poster presentation:
Community-led Intervention Research on HIV and AIDS, Stigma, and Intimate Partner Violence
Nata Duvvury