Discriminatory attitudes and practices by health workers toward patients with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

Nigeria has an estimated 3.6 million people with HIV/AIDS and is home to one out of every 11 people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. This study is the first population-based assessment of discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in the health sector of a country. The purpose of this study was to c...

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Main Authors: Chen Reis, Michele Heisler, Lynn L Amowitz, R Scott Moreland, Jerome O Mafeni, Chukwuemeka Anyamele, Vincent Iacopino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1176239?pdf=render