Combating workplace discrimination on the basis of HIV status through disability law in Zambia

2021 ◽  
pp. 135822912110434
Author(s):  
Dumisani J Ngoma
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Workplace Discrimination ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
High Court ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Disability Law ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Hiv Aids

Zambia has within the last two decades enacted several pieces of legislation aimed at enhancing equality in the labour market and the workplace. However, despite being one of the countries that has been severely devastated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Zambia does not yet have specific legislation targeted at HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the labour market and workplace. Apart from the general prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of health or social status, it remains to be seen whether concepts such as reasonable accommodation have a place in the fight against discrimination and stigma of HIV/AIDS in the Zambian workplace. The purpose of this article is not to argue for the enactment of HIV/AIDS specific legislation in Zambia but to instead argue that despite the absence of such legislation, HIV/AIDS discrimination and stigma can be addressed within the context of the Country’s existing disability discrimination law. The arguments advanced in this article are considered largely within the context of the Zambian High Court case of Stanley Kingaipe & Another v The Attorney General.

Addressing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: A U.S. Global AIDS Strategy for the Long Term

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Council on Foreign Relations Milbank Memorial Fund
Keyword(s):  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Perceived Stigma as a Contextual Barrier to Early Uptake of HIV Testing, Treatment Initiation, and Disclosure; The Case of Patients Admitted with AIDS-Related Illness in a Rural Hospital in South Africa

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 962
Author(s):  
Sphiwe Madiba ◽  
Evelyn Ralebona ◽  
Mygirl Lowane
Keyword(s):  
Adult Patients ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Perceived Stigma ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Hiv Diagnosis ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Enacted Stigma ◽  
Delayed Disclosure ◽  
Selective Disclosure ◽  
Close Family

We explored the extent to which perceived HIV-related stigma influences the disclosure and concealment of HIV status to family among adult patients hospitalised for AIDS-related illness, and described reports of negative responses and enacted stigma following disclosure. We conducted interviews with a purposeful sample of 28 adult patients in a rural South African hospital. Data analysis was deductive and inductive and followed the thematic approach. We found evidence of delayed HIV diagnosis and initiation of treatment. There was delayed and selective disclosure as well as concealment of the HIV-positive status. The disclosure was delayed for months or even years. During that time, there was active concealment of the HIV status to avoid stigma from family, friends, and community. When disclosure occurred, there was selective disclosure to close family members who would keep the secret and respond favorably. Although the participants disclosed mostly to close family, some of their post-disclosure experiences included incidents of enacted stigma and discrimination. The fear of perceived stigma and self-stigma influenced the active concealment of their HIV status from others. Continuous concealment of one’s HIV status and delayed disclosure limit the opportunities for support and care. There is a need to take into consideration the interaction between HIV-related stigma and disclosure to develop disclosure-counselling strategies in primary health care settings.

scholarly journals In search of therapeutic candidates for HIV/AIDS: rational approaches, design strategies, structure–activity relationship and mechanistic insights

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (29) ◽  
pp. 17936-17964
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
Pooja Sharma ◽  
Shabu ◽  
Ramandeep Kaur ◽  
Maloba M. M. Lobe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structure Activity Relationship ◽  
Activity Relationship ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Structure Activity ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Health And Development ◽  
Hiv Aids

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a serious threat to the health and development of mankind, which has affected about 37.9 million people worldwide.

A Radio Drama’s Effects on HIV Attitudes and Policy Priorities: A Field Experiment in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
pp. 109019812110104
Author(s):  
Donald P. Green ◽  
Dylan W. Groves ◽  
Constantine Manda
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Hiv Stigma ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Entertainment Education ◽  
Radio Drama ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Local Access ◽  
The Village ◽  
Media Interventions ◽  
Hiv Aids

A growing body of evidence investigates how entertainment education influences knowledge about HIV, stigma toward those with HIV, and openness to disclosing one’s HIV status. The present study shows that in addition to these effects, mass media interventions may influence audiences’ policy priorities, such as their demand for local access to HIV/AIDS medical care. A condensed (2 hours) version of a popular Swahili radio drama was presented to rural Tanzanians as part of a placebo-controlled experiment, clustered at the village level. A random sample comprising 1,200 participants were interviewed at baseline and invited to attend a presentation of the radio drama, and 83% attended. Baseline respondents were reinterviewed 2 weeks later with a response rate of 95%. In addition to increasing listeners’ knowledge and support for disclosure of HIV status, the radio drama produced sizable and statistically significant effects on listeners’ preference for hypothetical candidates promising improved HIV/AIDS treatment.

scholarly journals Professionalisation and social attitudes: a protocol for measuring changes in HIV/AIDS-related stigma among healthcare students

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. e002755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keivan Ahmadi ◽  
Daniel D Reidpath ◽  
Pascale Allotey ◽  
Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali
Keyword(s):  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Hiv Aids

Separating the Church from State: The Kenyan High Court's Decision in Jesse Kamau and 25 Others v Attorney General (Judgment of 24 May 2010)

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-319
Author(s):  
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
Keyword(s):  
Church And State ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
High Court ◽  
Personal Status ◽  
The Church ◽  
Secular State

AbstractSection 66 of the 1963 Kenyan Constitution established the Kadhi's courts with the jurisdiction to determine “questions of Muslim law relating to personal status, marriage, divorce or inheritance in proceedings in which all the parties profess the Muslim religion”. 26 Christians petitioned the High Court and argued that section 66 was unconstitutional because it, inter alia, violated the principle of separation of Church and state. The court found in their favour and held that Kenya is a secular state, that section 66 violated the doctrine of separation of state and Church, and that it was discriminatory and contrary to section 82 of the constitution which prohibits discrimination. This note gives the facts of the case, the issues before the court and the court's decision. It also analyses the court's decision.

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