The People Living With HIV Stigma Index: South Africa 2014: Summary Report

The South African National AIDS Council released the People Living With HIV Stigma Index: South Africa 2014: Summary Report, focusing on attitudes around HIV and AIDS and TB, at the 7th South African AIDS Conference.

"South Africa has made good progress in dealing with HIV related stigma and the levels of stigma are relatively low when analysing instances of stigma independently of each other. When composite scores of external and internal scores are analysed the report shows that there is still a moderate level of stigma affecting about one-third of PLHIV who took part in the study. Unsurprisingly, the report shows that internalized stigma is still a major challenge in South Africa with more than 40% of PLHIV expressing feelings of internalized stigma." ​