{"id":947,"date":"2014-02-04T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=947"},"modified":"2014-02-04T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T17:00:43","slug":"a-stigma-index-survey-by-and-for-people-living-with-hiv-to-be-conducted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/a-stigma-index-survey-by-and-for-people-living-with-hiv-to-be-conducted\/","title":{"rendered":"A stigma index survey by and for people living with HIV to be conducted"},"content":{"rendered":"

71 inquiry agents will conduct the survey called stigma Index and 1272 people living with HIV will be inquired in the whole country-by <\/strong>Diane Uwimana<\/em><\/p>\n

The survey will be conducted by and for people living with VIH from different associations such as RPB+, Capes+, Burundi Network of Women living with HIV, RNJ+ and BUNERELA. It will be funded by \u201cONUSIDA\u201d UNO Against HIV in Burundi. The HIV National Reference Center \u201cCNR\u201d will supervise the survey.<\/p>\n

According to Dr Evelyne Baramperanye, from \u201cCNR\u201d, indicates that the center has been recommended to run the survey in order to readjust the generic protocol to the current situation. \u201cWe want to measure the discrimination and stigma degree among people living with HIV in Burundi,\u201d says Dr Baramperanye. She goes on saying that the results will allow them to promote the lives of people living with HIV. \u201cThe program is created by and for people living with the virus. During the survey, they are going to discuss confidentially\u201d, she adds.<\/p>\n

In addition, the result will facilitate the Ministry in Charge of Public Health and Fighting against HIV\/AIDS to take measures to reduce the speed of spreading the virus and its risks. \u201cWe have realized that efforts made by people living with HIV should be broken due to stigma and discrimination\u201d, notices Dr Evelyne Baramperanye.
\nFor her, not only the survey results will benefit people living with HIV, but also the whole Burundian community.<\/p>\n

\u201cStigma and discrimination already exist\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to C\u00e9dric Nininahazwe, the Deputy Chairman of Burundian Network of Youths living with HIV (RNJ+) and Consultant during the three-day training, the results will both show<\/p>\n

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According to C\u00e9dric Nininahazwe,the results will both show and talk much about the already existing stigma. \u00a9iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

an d talk much about the already existing stigma. \u201cFor instance, when young people are living in families, they are not treated like other healthy people. There is always a kind of carelessness. Those who try to care for them discriminate them ignorantly\u201d, explains Nininahazwe.<\/p>\n

Moreover, orphans are also stigmatized because there are some of their family members who want to usurp their belongings. Indeed, adult people are discriminated by insurance companies as they are compelled to reveal their medical status. \u201cThey also discriminate themselves thinking that they are good-for-nothing\u201d, regrets Nininahazwe. For him, the survey will help people living with HIV to build their capacity because it will be conducted among them.<\/p>\n

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71 inquiry agents will conduct the survey called stigma Index and 1272 people living with HIV will be inquired in the whole country-by Diane Uwimana The survey will be conducted by and for people living with VIH from different associations such as RPB+, Capes+, Burundi Network of Women living with HIV, RNJ+ and BUNERELA. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[305,579],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}