Combating Stigma and Health Inequality of Monkeypox: Experience from HIV
Zhongfang Yang, Xiaoning Liu, Zheng Zhu, Lin Zhang, Shuyu Han, Yanfen Fu, Hongzhou Lu
Abstract
With Western Pacific Region reporting more imported cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern in July. Currently, we are now at the beginning of forming stigmatization toward monkeypox. Based on the experience of combating HIV stigmatization for over 30 years, in this comment, we proposed measures based on the three stages of the stigma formation process. We believe the paper may be of particular interest to the readers of your journal as it offered implications for both healthcare professionals and researchers in Western Pacific Region.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxStigma (botany)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Public healthHealth careSocial stigmaInequalityMedicineEconomic growthPolitical sciencePsychologyFamily medicinePsychiatryNursingEconomicsBiologyBiochemistryMathematicsGeneRecombinant DNAVacciniaMathematical analysisPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsVector-Borne Animal Diseases