Creation of National Observatory on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis Stigma and Discrimination The agency will operate under the jurisdiction of the Directorate of Anti-Discrimination Policy and Practice of the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism.
The Observatory was established with the participation of organizations representing the target population and aims to Develop a permanent information system to provide input into the design, implementation and management of public policies aimed at disclosing, documenting, deterring and eliminating human rights violations. the person affected by these health conditions, their families, and/or socioemotional factors.
For the person in charge of INADI, Greta Pena, “When a country faces an HIV response, it cannot respond from the health sector alone. Stigma and discrimination do as much or more damage than the physical, mental or physical problems that people living with HIV suffer. And this observatory will have Different functions it will be composed of the state, government, nation-state sphere and civil society. The main functions are monitoring, diagnosis and analysis in different environments, including media mass communication, digitalization, education and work environment. The same is true in universities”.
According to the complaints database of the INADI Victim Assistance Bureau from 2007 to the present 4,037 “health status” complaints were received, of which 23.83% (962) were AIDS complaints.
about The top five areas where complaints were filed on the grounds of “health condition: HIV” were: workplace (39.19%) Private employment accounts for 30.46%, and public employment accounts for 8.73%; health field (22.87%), private health accounts for 16.11%, and public health accounts for 6.76%; Home and/or family environment 6.96%; communicatesocial networks and the Internet and mass media, 5.09%; and neighbor, neighbor Close to residential areas accounted for 4.37%.
Through the National Observatory on Stigma and Discrimination on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis, INADI will work comprehensively and intersectorally with the National Commission on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis and other national authorities response measures in order to be able to Guaranteeing the enjoyment of rights and a life free from discrimination and stigmatization.
