How does stigma and discrimination, as witnessed in Jamaica, perpetuate the global HIV/AIDS epidemic?

by Marie Devine

Hateful stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS infected people in Jamaica does not stop the epidemic. They are negative words that feed on fear and anger and infect the hearts and minds of the people with a disease mo...read more

by Glynnis Hayward

It is just over a quarter of a century since the HIV virus manifested itself in the world population. In those early days of the 1980s, one could be excused for one's ignorance and fear. All we knew was that a deadly vir...read more

by Teresa Hoback

The stigma and discrimination In Jamaica does have an impact on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. The prolonged and widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica goes hand and hand with ignorance and intolerance towards homosexua...read more

by J Larkin

The full sting of her condition became clear in the way her friends and neighbors avoided her on the streets of her working-class Kingston neighborhood. "Chloe" is a twenty-seven year old mother of two who contracted HIV f...read more

by Ameri Wheeler

When Amy Brown, a Jamaican student and close friend of mine studying at the University of Miami, was asked to describe the discrimination associated with AIDS in her hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, her characteristically ex...read more

by Tricia Hayner

Human rights activists are striving to gain control over the HIV/AIDS epidemic that is currently ravaging the country. Attempts at educating Jamaican citizens have repeatedly been made, but the number of those infected wi...read more

by Marcus Brooks

On a 2007 Oprah Winfrey episode, the controversial topic of homosexuality came up. At the issue's forefront, StaceyAnn Chin spoke of living as a lesbian in Jamaica. Chin is recognized as a poet, gay rights activist and t...read more

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by Canice Obi

How does stigma and discrimination, as witnesses in Jamaica, perpetuate the global HIV/aids epidemic? "I live in a community where they don't know that I am HIV positive, and I can't tell them," said John turner (not hi...read more

by Steve Lussing

It is dangerous to be gay in Jamaica. There are laws against gay sex in Jamaica today that date back to colonial days. Homosexual behavior can be punished by ten years in prison with hard labor. As a result, even the Ja...read more

by Joseph Malek

Like it or not, the best way to stop the spread of any deadly and incurable disease is to isolate those infected with the disease from the healthy population. That is exactly what the Romans did to people who were infected...read more

by Margaret Mair

Where stigma and discrimination have been the first reaction to the appearance and diagnosis of HIV/AIDS the ability to curtail the spread of the disease has been severely hampered. In countries like Jamaica, early develo...read more

by Glenda Thompson

Jamaica is similar in many ways to Zambia. A third world country where the Aids epidemic is rife. In both countries, 1 in 4 people are suspected of carrying the virus. Church leaders and politicians have stressed the ne...read more

by Violet Fortune

How does stigma and discrimination, as witnessed in Jamaica, perpetuate the global HIV/AIDS epidemic? Stigma and discrimination perpetuate any epidemic by embarrassing those infected out of approaching available healthc...read more

by Akram Saqib

Jamaica is one of those unfortunate states that are maligned with the anathema of the most fatal disease AIDS. Almost 1.6 percent of the grown-up populace is infected with this disease. Jamaica is the third largest AIDS in...read more

by Michelle Wilkinson

HIV/AIDS is a terminal illness, yet why is there such a tendency to blame its victims? Perhaps it is the question of how did you get it?' that is the issue. The full extent of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic has yet to be rea...read more

by hibernianscribe

HIV/Aids is not a death sentence. There are many survivors on triple therapy and these people live healthy lifestyles and are living proof that the stigma of HIV/Aids can be overcome. Extensive research over the last de...read more

by Avil Beckford

OSTRACISM SLANDER ABUSE RIDUCULE REJECTION are common responses to people living with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. Twenty-three Jamaican companies across 11 industries with a total of 23,000 employees were interviewed, 62 p...read more

by Julia Bodeeb White

Jamaica has one of the world's highest murder rates. One far too common cause of murder in Jamaica is for it to become public knowledge that one is gay or is infected with HIV/AIDS Stigma and discrimination against peopl...read more

by kv rose

People in Jamaica are being treated much like the Jews were treated during the "Holocaust" it is almost as if next they will need to wear something to show everyone that they are infected. The problem is that Jamaica doe...read more

by Chief K.Masimba Biriwasha

In 2005, Jamaica - a country with notoriety for homophobia predominantly channeled through musical lyrics - received global attention for the killing of Lenford "Steve" Harvey, a gay man and an AIDS activist. Lenford ...read more