Brachytherapy: The precise answer for tackling gynecological cancers

The stigma of HIV often exacerbates this situation because when men die women are easily blamed for bringing HIV into the household, no matter if it is true or not. In Zambia, women working with Huairou member organization Katuba Women’s Association reported being chased out of the home after their husband’s death, as they were blamed for bringing the disease into the home, despite the husbands’ known infidelities that led to the disease. Often women are oppressed in the community when their HIV positive status is revealed and they face pressure to resign themselves to this...