stigma
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Community health programmes and HIV/AIDS outcomes in Mozambique
A widely implemented HIV/AIDS programme inadvertently decreased HIV testing by worsening misinformation and HIV-related stigmatising attitudes, but a simple follow-up intervention offset the programme’s adverse effects.
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Breaking the silence: Advancing health technology adoption through open discourse on menstruation
Engaging in open conversations about stigmatised topics like menstruation reduces the social barriers to health technology adoption, which increases access to welfare-improving menstrual products