Stigma and discrimination against AIDS Orphans in Addis Ababa, Nazareth and Awassa
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2005-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
HIV and AIDS is a pandemic that is deadly and hard to control. It
extremely concerns human being in that it affects economic, social and
cultural development of the society. In Ethiopia, the epidemic has been
tragically snatching the lives of our people since its appearance about
twenty years ago. Quite a lot of children have been left with out a mother
or a father or both. The number of orphans accounts for about 1.2
million in 2001. It is highly associated with stigma and discrimination.
The society understood stigma and discrimination poorly. The existing
programs attempt to address mainly the problems of adults. Researches
that reveal stigma and discrimination in connection with AIDS orphans
are unavailable. Such situation necessitated the undertaking of this
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Stigma and discrimination against Aids