People with AIDS and
HIV are still being stigmatised in society and are having a hard time living a
normal and ordinary life like all citizens. These things I have seen in media
as actors are isolated and seen as unclean by society.
No-matter how learned
people are in society they still has a hard time coming into terms with people’s
status. Findings confirm that stigma is associated with psychological
adjustment and adherence difficulties and is experienced more commonly among
people who disclose their HIV status to a broad range of social contacts.
Stigma should be addressed in stress management, health promotion, and
medication adherence interventions for HIV-positive people.
Films like Zone 14 have
shown how people react through the use of characters like Speedy who has HIV
and has a hard time telling his friends, family and community at large because
of fear on how they will react. When his friends in the community discover no
one wants to be associated with him. His team members can’t even stand sitting
on the same sofa with him let alone play soccer with him.
On a conclusive note, I
urge people to stop stigmatizing HIV people but work to making them feel comfortable and live a normal life like
everyone else. They deserve happiness in their lives.
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