Monkeypox outbreaks: How global organisations are mobilising faith networks to fight stigma
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how faith leaders from across religions are working with the World Health Organization officials in combatting monkeypox outbreaks…
Podcasts: A “real, helpful and hopeful” look at issues of mental health from a Christian perspective
NILS VON KALM listens to ‘The Healing and Freedom Journey’…
DRC: Ebola survivors unite to combat stigma and misinformation
The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an end to the latest outbreak of Ebola in the African nation last week. KAHINDO SIFA BAHATI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how survivors of a previous outbreak are challenging the stigma associated with the deadly disease…
Wow!: Egyptian group helps burn victims fight stigma
HANAA HABIEB, of Reuters, on how groups in cities like Alexandria are providing support to burns victims…
Sight-Seeing: The glory in our suffering
RICHARD KINGSLEY THOMAS writes about the challenges – and hope – facing those diagnosed with an incurable disease…
Essay: Fear, shame and losing sleep – why young adults are struggling during the pandemic
EMMA JACKSON, director for Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland, says more work is needed to address the stigma and shame that still exists around debt, especially for young adults during the “exceptionally hard” situation in which they now live…
Postcards: ‘Corona carriers’ – Stigma halts medication and meet-ups for HIV+ Malawians
CHARLES PENSULO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the increased challenges facing HIV-positive people in Malawi…
Returning home, Venezuelans face accusations of spreading COVID-19
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic crisis but have been forced to return in desperation are being blamed for the spread of the coronavirus and are being branded bioterrorists, the head of a leading medical group said on Wednesday. More than 70,000 Venezuelans have gone home since April, some walking back […]
Fear on front lines as hospital staff face threats, stigma over coronavirus
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Janitor Ritchie Estabillo was on his way to work when he was confronted by five men who poured bleach over his face, one of a growing number of hospital staff suffering abuse in the Philippines amid panic over coronavirus infections. His employer said Estabillo had been checked over and was unharmed but […]
Coronavirus spreading fast but stigma is more dangerous – WHO
Geneva, Switzerland/Beijing, ChinaReuters Coronavirus now appears to be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within but can still be contained, and stigma is more dangerous than the disease itself, the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost nine times as many cases had been reported outside China as […]