Howard
University Hosts International
Conference on HIV Stigma
Hundreds
of representatives from
the United States, Africa,
the Caribbean and Latin
America, health care clinicians
from across the globe,
religious leaders, elected
officials, HIV/AIDS activists,
those with the disease
and friends and family
will gather Dec. 1, World
AIDS Day, at Howard University
for a free, daylong international
conference on the stigma
associated with HIV/AIDS.
During the “International
Conference on HIV-Related
Stigma: The Attitude that
Spreads HIV,” hosted
by Howard University Hospital,
Howard University Health
Sciences, and the Coalition
to Eliminate AIDS-related
Stigma, some of the world’s
top HIV/AIDS experts along
with community members
will try to develop a
new strategy to eliminate
the stigma associated
with the disease, a stigma
that causes the disease
to continue to spread,
endangering everyone....read
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