Latinos with HIV face stigma and discrimination due to their diagnosis, making it harder for them to receive adequate care, new CDC data show.
to be impacted by monkeypox, a disease where similar stigma, language barriers and lack of access to care have contributed to disparities similar to those in the HIV epidemic.The CDC analyzed roughly 2,700 responses from Hispanic adults with HIV and broke down reports of stigma and health care discrimination by race, gender and limited English proficiency.
Women, Latinos from the Caribbean, and those who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native reported the highest levels of stigma-related concerns over their HIV status. Nearly 30% of Black Latinos reported experiencing health care discrimination compared to 21% of white Latinos. The differences among identities within Latino communities point to the importance of comprehensive data collection to properly address disparities, theThe number of people newly diagnosed with HIV has dropped by 6% since 2010, but increased among Latinos by at least 14%, according toOf the new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2019, more than one in four were among Latinos,
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