Mexico AIDS 2008

The People Living with HIV Stigma Index will be presented at four key sessions at the Mexico IAS AIDS Conference.

  1. Poster Presentation [Monday 4 August, MOPE0949]: Spotlighting shadows: an index to measure stigma developed and implemented by people living with HIV [re: lessons learnt from Dominican Republic]. Presented by Lucy Stackpool-Moore (IPPF), on behalf of L. Cairo, F. Carceres (Profamilia); N. Schaay (UWC); A. Yuvaraj (ICW); R. Pascal-Ureta (UNAIDS) 
  2. Satellite Session [Tuesday 5 August 18:30-20:30, Skills building room 7, TUSAT26]: Crime and Punishment: Criminalization of HIV [re: evidence for advocacy]. Chairs: Dieneke ter Huurne (IPPF), Tita Isaac  (NAP+/GNP+); Speakers: Chris Mallouris (GNP+), Lucy Stackpool-Moore (IPPF).
  3. Special Session [Wednesday 6 August: 12:45-14:15, Session room 10, WESSY03]: Moving from Promises to Actions: Building Global and National Commitment for Evidence-Based Approaches to Addressing Stigma and Discrimination [re: rationale and presenting the index]. Speaker: Anandi Yuvaraj (ICW)
  4. Poster Presentation [Thursday 7 August,  THPE0745]: The People Living with HIV Stigma Index: a research initiative by and for positive people [re: lessons learnt from piloting of the index in 2006]. Presented by Lucy Stackpool-Moore (IPPF), on behalf of K. Moody (GNP+), N. Chorley (ICW), K. Thomson (UNAIDS), K. Osborne (IPPF).