[Vnbiz] Stigma and Discrimination.

[Hong-Phong_Pho at ita.doc.gov]

It is human, in the sense that humans are members of the highest species 
in the animal kingdom, but it is not humane.
We are supposed to be better than the animals.
The animals sometimes instinctively stigmatize/isolate/eliminate diseased 
members of the group for the sake of the survival of the species.  They 
don't have the facilities to find a cure.  Humans do.  HPP
 



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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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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
 


Pham Thi Hue, center, with Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations.
ICRW Sows Seed for AIDS Activist,
'Young Global Leader' 
 
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. 


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. 


Some information and the top photo for this story came from UNDP-Vietnam. 

-- 
Hai M. Tran, LLB
Hanoi, Vietnam 

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