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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cohen, Jon

Titel

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Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018-06, Vol.360 (6394), p.1171-1171

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pavel Lobkov's decision to announce his HIV status on TV. Pavel Lobkov, a well-known anchor on the news station TV Rain, in 2015 took an action that few prominent Russians have dared to take: He went public with the fact that he is living with HIV. Stigma and discrimination against HIV-infected people still runs high in Russia, leading many to avoid getting tested and, in turn, preventing them from receiving the treatment they need both to prevent AIDS and to lower the chance of them transmitting the virus to others. Lobkov says many people reached out to him after he went public with his HIV status because he demonstrated that you could lead a normal, healthy life even if you're infected.