The political context of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge in a South African township community

Forsyth, B.; Vandormael, A.; Kershaw, T.; Grobbelaar, J.

Sahara J Journal of Social Aspects of Hiv/Aids Research Alliance 5(2): 74-82

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 1729-0376
PMID: 18709210
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2008.9724904
Document Number: 203433
The purpose of this study was to examine the presentation of AIDS-related stigma and knowledge within the political context of the South African government's response to the AIDS epidemic. It was during the 2000-2004 period that key government officials publicly challenged the orthodox views of HIV/AIDS, with the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, actively positing the primary role of poverty and other socio-economic stressors in the progression of the AIDS epidemic.

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