Stigma and Discrimination of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Bunyaruguru County, Bushenyi District, Uganda.
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Date
2010-07
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning.
Abstract
The purpose of this research study was to The overall objective of this study was
to examine whether people living with HIV/AIDS in Bunyaruguru county Bushenyi
District are subject to discrimination and if so, what influence does it have on
their possibilities to enjoy their human right to health. The objectives of the study
were determine if the HIV/AIDS-positive people in Tororo District are discriminated
in their closest social context, determine the ways in which HIV/AIDS-positive
people in Tororo District are subject to discrimination; to determine how
discrimination affect their possibilities to maintain a good health . The methods
used for data collection were questionnaires to the HIV positive people. The
findings indicate that many cases of discrimination have occurred in the health
sector. However, despite this, many interviewees still had faith in the public
health care system. They believed that the services in the Infectious Diseases
Hospital (IDH) and Ward 33 of the General Hospital were good, and that they
were treated well. A few agreed that free health care provided by Government
hospitals gave people who could not afford private health care access to
treatment they would otherwise be denied. However, there was much consensus
that awareness among health staff, in public and private hospitals, must be
addressed. They brought up several instances where health staff including
doctors, nurses, attendants and minor staff had discriminated against people
living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The study recommended that MOH needs
to deliver a strong message to all health care workers that people living with
HIV/AIDS and their families are to be treated with respect and professionalism.
This message should be backed up with training programmes for health care
staff, new recruits and health administrators, at the national and regional levels
Description
Report submitted in to the Institute of Open and
Distance Learning for Partial Fulfillment for the
Award in Bachelor of Guidance and
Counseling of Kampala
International
University.
Keywords
HIV/AIDS, Postive-People, Stigma and Discrimination, Bushenyi District