[Vnbiz] Stigma and Discrimination.

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Below is an article about this great lady Pham Thi Hue, an HIV-AIDS patient
cum activist, who was recently named Young Global Leader at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  The article was posted on the VN
Public Health Forum by brother Tran Manh Hai, our VNBIZer.

Thanks, brother Hai, for the inspiring article.

Hoanh

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From: Hai M. Tran <outlook124 at gmail.com>
Date: Feb 6, 2007 11:33 AM
Subject: [VNPH] Stigma and Discrimination.
To: VNPH at mail.saigon.com


[Vietnam Public Health Forum]



Dear all,

I happened to see the article below. I have just read them and thinking
about some questions.

Here is the article. I would love to share with you.

Source: http://www.icrw.org/html/workinaction/Hue-stigma-1-07.htm

    [image: Pham Thi Hue with Vietnamese delegation at the United
Nations]<http://e2ma.net/go/498504286/397134/12767664/goto:http://www.icrw.org/html/workinaction/Hue-stigma-1-07.htm>

*Pham Thi Hue, center, with Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations.*
 *ICRW Sows Seed for AIDS Activist,
'Young Global Leader'<http://e2ma.net/go/498504286/397134/12767660/goto:http://www.icrw.org/html/workinaction/Hue-stigma-1-07.htm>
*

Pham Thi Hue was recently named a Young Global Leader at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for her brave and effective AIDS work in
Vietnam. The Young Global Leader program acknowledges the outstanding
contributions to the community by executives, public figures and
intellectuals around the world.

Hue's journey to activism began at a 2002 ICRW AIDS stigma workshop in
Hanoi. It was the last day of the three-day workshop when Hue finally found
the courage to talk about her HIV status.

"People think when you get HIV/AIDS that you've sinned somehow, that you're
guilty and that it's your fault," says Hue, who got HIV from her husband, a
habitual intravenous drug user.
   [image: Hospital in
Vietnam]<http://e2ma.net/go/498504286/397134/12767662/goto:http://www.icrw.org//html/workinaction/Hue-stigma-1-07.htm>

*The third floor of this Vietnamese hospital, painted white, is the floor
for HIV patients. Pham Thi Hue faced such stigma while she was pregnant. *

With her newfound confidence, Hue created a support network for others with
HIV and AIDS. She took what she learned from the AIDS stigma workshop and
her own experience with stigma to begin a community-based support
organization, the Flamboyant Flower Group, and became the public face of
Mothers and Wives, an HIV/AIDS support group for women.
Hue continues to work against AIDS stigma, publicly speaking in front of
crowds and on television. "It's important that they see that people living
with HIV and AIDS are not useless and can do things that uninfected people
can do," she says.

Click here to read
more.<http://e2ma.net/go/498504286/397134/12767659/goto:http://www.icrw.org/html/workinaction/Hue-stigma-1-07.htm>

*
Some information and the top photo for this story came from
UNDP-Vietnam<http://e2ma.net/go/498504286/397134/12767658/goto:http://www.undp.org.vn/undpLive/System/Outreach/Newsroom/Feature-Details?contentId=1527>.
*

-- 
Hai M. Tran, LLB
Hanoi, Vietnam

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Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
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