Stigma
July 3rd, 2006
Recently in India a teenager killed himself by setting himself alight. Both his parents had HIV/AIDS and it appears the stigma related to the humilation of having HIV positive parents. Pretty devasting. Just goes to show how important work on fighting stigma and descrimination is. You can read more here at BBC News or here.
Far out, that is a horrible way to go. I wish that I could have explained to him all the things I understand about AIDS before he lit the fire.