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- Title
Discriminatory attitudes and practices by health workers toward patients with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
- Authors
Reis, Chen; Heisler, Michele; Amowitz, Lynn L; Moreland, R Scott; Mafeni, Jerome O; Anyamele, Chukwuemeka; Iacopino, Vincent
- Abstract
Nigeria has an estimated 3.6 million people with HIV/AIDS and is home to one out of every 11 people with HIV/AIDS worldwide. This study is the first population-based assessment of discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in the health sector of a country. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature and extent of discriminatory practices and attitudes in the health sector and indicate possible contributing factors and intervention strategies. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 1,021 Nigerian health-care professionals (including 324 physicians, 541 nurses, and 133 midwives identified by profession) in 111 health-care facilities in four Nigerian states.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2005, Vol 2, Issue 8, pe246
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0020246