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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1397</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ELIMINATING HEALTH DISCREPANCY AMONG HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INDIVIDUALS: A GUIDE IN SENSITIZING THE ISSUES OF STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION IN MANIPUR, INDIA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kipgen</surname><given-names>Jennifer</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lundborg</surname><given-names>Cecilia Stalsby</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>18</day><month>04</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>71</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The human immunodeficiency virus epidemic is a major public health concern and has tremendous worldwide implication. Health sector is one of the main settings where seropositive individuals experience stigma and discrimination. Due to stigma attached to this disease many were faced with difficulties in accessing health services. Eradication of health discrepancy in Manipur will require different facet that comprise of new approaches from a range of lessons in the implementation intervention of public health communities in different parts of the states and countries. The paper attempts to bring out these suggested strategies and propose that Manipur ought to improve the health services by integrating policy makers, health professionals working in Government and Private Sector along with Non Governmental Organization. There is a need to implement a course of action to remove the obstacles and henceforth provide them the health services with a user friendly environment.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>HIV</kwd><kwd> health care services</kwd><kwd> hospitals setting</kwd><kwd> stigma</kwd><kwd> Manipur.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
