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Charlie Cooper on stigma in infectious diseases

May 29, 2015

As AIDS taught and TELL ME project highlighted, the risk of stigma in case of an infectious disease can sometimes be very strong. This is an innate reaction to the fear of catching an infection, but it often irrationally widens to discriminate people depending on their ethnicity, origin or job. According to Charlie Cooper, health reporter for The Independent, media can deeply influence the public in this.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, School and Education
Topic: 
Human Rights, Media, Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
AIDS, Stigmatization, Video, Fear

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