End of Stigma is the End of the HIV Epidemic
The HIV-epidemic in Southern United States has ruined the lives of countless families, mostly for women and children who are more vulnerable to getting infected and facing societal taboos.
The Southern HIV impact fund is working towards an overarching goal to find scalable and fundable programs that work for the eradication of HIV-related stigma in the South.
They plan to reach out to the ones who have suffered the brunt of unjust medical infrastructure, deprived of basic model of access to food and shelter and other basic amenities. They strive to give preferential help to the underprivileged and marginalized groups of the society.
They are encouraging people who are living with HIV to take leadership positions, in order to reduce HIV related disparities and ever widening gulf of haves and have nots in the South due to HIV. Click here to know more about the initiative.
They have partnered with Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR) to forge a battle against HIV-stigma and the reluctance to get tested and seek timely treatment. Even after so many years of being the epicenter of the epidemic, Southern US is still battling the stigma against HIV. If they want to end HIV, they need to end the stigma around it first. For more information on this visit the website.
The AIDS services coalition believes that in the power of community lies the end of the stigma. If we have influential leaders from these communities that have suffered the pains of HIV, then it could create major shifts in people’s thinking and treatment of HIV. This would generate a ripple effect to reduce the viral load and help eradicating the epidemic in the vulnerable and affected Black Gay community.
This program is funded by Gilead COMPASS Initiative®. The COMPASS is an acronym to COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States. It is an unprecedented initiative with a commitment of over a decade to help raise awareness against HIV and end the stigma and the injustices around it in Southern US. Visit here to know more about them.
They provide concentrated investments and peremptory response to groups affected in the South US for reducing HIV-caused disparities, bettering access to healthcare and education and the abolishment of HIV stigma.
About Gilead COMPASS Initiative®:
Gilead Compass Initiative® is helping end the HIV epidemic in Southern US with their Gilead grant funding programs.
For more information, visit https://www.gileadcompass.com/
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