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Stigma

  • Why are lung cancer screening rates so poor?

    Why are lung cancer screening rates so poor?

    Nina Thomas, The Conversation
    · May 13, 2024 · 10:00 pm
  • ‘Unclean’, ‘monstrous effects’, ‘the curse’: Menstruation has a long history of stigma, shame

    ‘Unclean’, ‘monstrous effects’, ‘the curse’: Menstruation has a long history of stigma, shame

    Rachael Gillibrand, The Conversation
    · Aug 28, 2023 · 10:00 pm
  • Pride Month: Addressing mental health concerns, substance use among the queer community is crucial

    Pride Month: Addressing mental health concerns, substance use among the queer community is crucial

    Chapal Mehra
    · Jun 26, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • How empathy can improve care for HIV patients and reduce the stigma

    How empathy can improve care for HIV patients and reduce the stigma

    Purnima Jain
    · Aug 25, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • Tattoos were common in the ancient world. It is colonialism that stigmatised them

    Tattoos were common in the ancient world. It is colonialism that stigmatised them

    Allison Hawn, The Conversation
    · Sep 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • NGO suggests inclusion of period emoji to fight taboo against menstruation

    NGO suggests inclusion of period emoji to fight taboo against menstruation

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 25, 2018 · 12:37 pm
  • Cheaper drugs are helping the fight against hepatitis C in Asia, but not enough

    Cheaper drugs are helping the fight against hepatitis C in Asia, but not enough

    Inga Vesper
    · Aug 11, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Stigma remains the biggest obstacle to HIV prevention and treatment

    Stigma remains the biggest obstacle to HIV prevention and treatment

    Linda-Gail Bekker, The Conversation
    · Nov 25, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Women amputees on WhatsApp help each other find footwear and figure out marriage

    Women amputees on WhatsApp help each other find footwear and figure out marriage

    Sukrita Baruah
    · Oct 26, 2017 · 02:48 pm
  • Isolating a menstruating woman will soon be a punishable offence in Nepal

    Isolating a menstruating woman will soon be a punishable offence in Nepal

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 10, 2017 · 02:39 pm
  • Kerala Congress president says women on their period are impure, shouldn't enter places of worship

    Kerala Congress president says women on their period are impure, shouldn't enter places of worship

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 28, 2017 · 03:56 pm