The Beginning Of The End

HIV and AIDS is the biggest issue come to our country and when we talk about this disease people always look at this infected group with very skeptical view. This blog created to those who are living with HIV  (PLHIV) and also the affected group to more clear about this issue.

THE REAL CASE OF PEOPLE FACING THESE STIGMA, PREJUDICE, JUDGMENTAL, PARANOIA, & DISCRIMINATION 

Before we begin the explanation about these term let we look at this cases. Nina is a young wife lived in Kuching, Sarawak. Nina's husband worked in the shipping business. On the demands of work often sail to several months.

Nina was pregnant with her first child when HIV screening conducted. Nina was diagnosed HIV positive. Due to a variety of stress and confusion in the early stages of diagnosis, Nina had to quit work and live with their parents stay together other siblings. Based on his confession, I consider education and economic status of his family is poor.

He lives alone. No husband in sight. No jobs and heavily pregnant. He stood on a crowded house of his parents. He had just undergone HAART treatment to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to the baby. Sad when he lived in a society that is still high level of stigma and discrimination of PLHIV groups. Just imagine how hard her life when facing to this situations.

Some MOH staff who treated Nina at a hospital in Kuching, Sarawak recognize Nina family because there are many family members and neighbors who work at the hospital. Since treatment during pregnancy until she gave birth to a baby, every day Nina send SMS and call me for the support and advice.

I try to help Nina get support through other communities in Sarawak, but due to some bitter experiences as the wrong approach by the parties that should help, Nina become tired. The wrong approach in helping her cause more harm. By theway Nina is still in phase confused.

More burdensome when her husband seemed reluctant to undergo HIV screening. After delivery, the Ministry of Health staff should keep the confidentiality status busy calling his sisters asking strange questions. I think the MOH should be more aggressive understand their own staff about HIV issues. It is very simple. Not difficult it is to understand the issue of HIV.

As a result of stress and traumatic become  worse. As I always say, living as PLHIV is not about health care and life chances as other people, but due to human attitudes of stigma, discrimination, judgmental, paranoia, prejudices, malpractice, and so on.

The effect of all this attitude will persist into slander, persecution, widespread viral infection, the problem of morality and injustice.

When always talk about stigma, discrimination, judgmental, paranoia and prejudice, I'm interested to find the true meaning of these words to share with readers. Perhaps many people are still not clear about the meaning of these words.