Quantification and factors associated with HIV-related stigma among persons living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy at the HIV-day care unit of the Bamenda Regional Hospital, North West Region of Cameroon.
Atem Bethel AjongPhilip Nana NjotangNgholapeh Emmanuel NghonijiMarie José EssiMartin Ndinakie YakumValirie Ndip AgborBruno KenfackPublished in: Globalization and health (2018)
About three out of every five PLHIVA receiving ART in Bamenda Regional Hospital still experience high levels of HIV-related stigma. This occurs more frequently in participants with low educational status, and who may have known their HIV status for less than 5 years. Anti-HIV-stigma programs in the North West Region need strengthening with intensified psychosocial follow-up of newly diagnosed cases.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv aids
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected patients
- hiv testing
- mental health
- men who have sex with men
- hepatitis c virus
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- south africa
- social support
- public health
- emergency department
- depressive symptoms
- adverse drug
- chronic pain
- health insurance
- affordable care act