Attitudes and Beliefs Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS - Nepal

This 11-page study seeks to investigate and understand the causes, manifestations, and consequences of HIV/AIDS related stigma and subsequent discriminatory acts in Nepal. The study explores the attitudes and fears that non-HIV positive community members have regarding how HIV/AIDS is contracted, as well as their perception of HIV/AIDS as a moral transgression. The study also seeks to present the experiences and consequences of stigma and discrimination on people living with HIV/AIDS as they confront the responses and attitudes of individuals regarding HIV/AIDS.

The study was commissioned by Family Health International (FHI)/Nepal Country Office. FHI/Nepal hopes to gain an understanding of factors that enforce stigma and how they create barriers to HIV prevention, care and support efforts. It will use research findings to develop pilot interventions to minimise the influence of HIV related stigma and discrimination in Nepal.