One of the important steps in the fight against stigmatisation is communication targeting both the stigmatizers and the stigmatised. The communication targeting the stigmatizers should aim at creating ...

“Plastic-free aisle”, “No plastic straws”, “Plastic-free Tuesday”. Social media abounds with anti-plastic messages and chilling statistics about the quantity of plastic in our oceans, food, clothes ...

A recurring pattern that never fails to strike a cord with the patients dealing with obesity is a pattern of self-blame, disappointment and a never-ending cycle of internalised stigma. Health experts ...

The Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Sokoto State Chapter, said on Sunday that stigmatisation was their greatest challenge in the northwestern state. The Coordinator, ...

BANGI: After declaring war on Sugar, Smoking and Salt, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has now waged a new war against stigmatisation, to combat the rising mental health burden. “I had ...

Regina Bauerochse Barbosa – GIZ Madam Regina Bauerochse Barbosa, Country Director, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has appealed to traditional rulers, opinion leaders and members ...

What does the single mother of a four-year-old living in Ago Palace Way; the family of a 16-year-old teenager, who was turned into a sex slave by her aunt’s philanthropist husband in Maryland, or the ...

On line with the global fight against the scourge, the Nigerian Red Ribbon Coalition against HIV/AIDS has rolled out campaign programme designed to promote positive behavioural change towards people ...

<em style="letter-spacing: 0.03rem;">My question to Nigerians, would you rather be stigmatised of COVID-19 and remain alive or hide away with the disease and go six ...

More than 1,450 inmates across Nigeria’s custodial centres were granted amnesty between January and September 2024 as part of the ongoing efforts to decongest the country’s prisons, Sunday PUNCH ...

Kinshasa (AFP) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has pledged to combat stigmatisation and "manhunts," the national broadcaster said Thursday, a day after an anti-Rwanda protest descended into ...

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned against stigmatising Muslims as a furore over the banning of burkinis grew with the emergence of pictures of police surrounding a veiled woman on a ...