Processos de transformação social com referência ao estigma e discriminação no contexto do VIH e SIDA. Uma análise a partir da Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

In Mozambique, from 1988 to 1990, discussions around actions to control HIV and AIDS were concentrated on the treatment of STDs, promoting the reduction of sexual partners and the use of condoms. In this period, the non-use of condoms during sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners and blood transfusions, were seen as obstacles to the prevention and fight against HIV and AIDS. Subsequently, starting in 2000, issues on stigma and discrimination were also incorporated, as obstacles to the prevention and fight against HIV and AIDS In view of the scenario presented, I focused on work on social transformations that make possible the emergence of stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV and AIDS. To this end, I set out to analyze processes of social transformation with reference to stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV and AIDS. To achieve these objectives, I carried out fieldwork in the City of Maputo, where for the collection of data I used techniques such as semi-structured interviews in combination with informal conversations. According to our interviewees, AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease, which has no cure and kills. Despite this representation at first, people did not believe what was said in relation to HIV and AIDS because they were unaware of people infected or sick with AIDS and deaths related to the disease, which made people infected or sick with HIV. AIDS were not discriminated against. However, discrimination in relation to HIV and AIDS was also influenced by the fact that people began to recognize, in the people who were part of their relationships, signs and symptoms that were passed on to them in the context of spreading the messages of fight against HIV and AIDS.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)