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Robert Carr on Stigma and Spread of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica

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Jamaica has the reputation of being one of the most violently anti-gay countries on earth. Male...

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Robert Carr, the Executive Director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, is one of the world's leaders in studying the impact of stigma and discrimination on socially vulnerable communities. Here he explains how social factors and anti-gay cultural attitudes make it difficult for the Jamaican government to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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