Devoting resources to the prevention, treatment, and discovery of a cure for HIV are all critically important priorities, but another impact of the disease is the stigma around it. While it is not as bad as it once was, this perception is still a major issue.
This story from PinkNews reports that there is an initiative in the UK to help change that.
UK organisations are being asked to submit plans for innovative programmes that address stigma and shame around HIV/AIDS and the link between those factors and prevention, care and treatment for the disease.
The MAC AIDS Fund is the philanthropic arm of Estée Lauder-owned M·A·C Cosmetics.
It has pledged £250,000 in new grant money to fight the problem nationally.
A nine-country MAC AIDS Fund survey released in November found that respondents from the UK ranked stigma and shame around HIV/AIDS as the number one problem contributing to the spread of the disease.
Click here to read the rest of the story from PinkNews.
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