PLHIV Stigma Index

The People Living with HIV Stigma Index provides a tool that measures and detects changing trends in relation to stigma and discrimination as experienced by people living with HIV.

The Index is a joint initiative of organizations who have worked together since 2004 to develop this survey. These include:

• The Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+);
• The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW);
• The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF); and
• The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

People living with HIV are at the centre of the process as both interviewers and interviewees and as drivers of how the information is collected, analyzed and used. The Index is designed to increase the understanding of how stigma and discrimination is experienced by people living with HIV. The data gained can then be used by the national implementing partners to shape future programmatic interventions and policy change.

The process for implementing the index in each country is unique, drawing on the strengths and diversity of the different partners. The international partnership guiding  this work asks that each country implementation partnership remains committed to the ethos of the Index overall ensuring that it remains by, and for, people living with HIV. To learn more about the Index, please visit the website.