Stigma of AIDS in Africa

It is almost immeasurable for folks residing within industralised countries, or even those couragous ones working behind numerous non-profit Humanitarian institutes whose day-to-day job is seeing towards the fustrating decrease of the AIDS epidemic in the African continent to know just how serious the effects an individual can have just from association with the stigma of such dreaded disease. For one thing, most NGOs and humanitarian institutes established for thwarting the rise of the epidemic tend not to take much in consideration the apparent psychological damage that this tend often to produce in a society where the thought of anyone coming in contact with this disease is viewed with dread and abhorence.

But then, it wouldn’t seem just right if we all were to turn our views upon those who haven’t yet fallen for the disease and turn our backs upon those whom have already succumed to it. That would not only be unfare but rather unhumanitarian.

For much of these people, theirs is the opposite. They are shunned from all kinds of participation in whatever activity that’s taking place in the community. They are abandoned by their families and left to fend for themselves for whatever. In fact, they completely become an outcast in a society that once gave birth to them.

Of course several humanitarina organisations are aware of this action taking place, but most of their tactics in stemming down the tide has been met with lacklustre efforts from most of the workers. They should try and take into consideration that it just isn’t about uploading a poster and putting an advert in the newspapers or local radio stations that would do much.

In then end, we all shuld get involved in it, because who knows, perhaps tomorrow, we could be the ones caught with the virus. And then we too would ask ourselves, how would we as well wish to be treated.