[Vnbiz] Stigma and Discrimination.

[Hai M. Tran]

Dear anh Hoanh and CACC,

Many thanks anh Hoanh for your message. I think stigma and discrimination in
Vietnam now are one of the most concerns.

It is very easy to find out with the article about activist chi Pham Thi Hue
through email from anh Hoanh.  In my view, I/we should land it a hand to
eliminate stigma and discrimination as soon as possible.

Do you think it is human to stigmatise and discriminate other people,
especially those who living with fatal HIV virus?

Great day,



Hai




On 2/7/07, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
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> 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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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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
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> [Vietnam Public Health Forum]
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> 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
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>     [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>
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> *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>
> *
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> 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.
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> "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>
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> *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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Hai M. Tran, LLB
Hanoi, Vietnam
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