Frontline AIDS wants a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere. Around the world, millions of people are denied HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care simply because of who they are and where they live. As a result, almost 2 million people were infected with HIV in 2017 and almost 1 million died of AIDS-related illness. Together with partners on the frontline, we work to break down the social, political and legal barriers that marginalized people face, and innovate to create a future free from AIDS.

Frontline AIDS has carried out a systematic review of available evidence on what works to reduce self-stigma. The review found a number of promising approaches: empowerment, economic strengthening, cognitive behavioural therapy, and ensuring access to antiretroviral treatment. However, more than a quarter of evaluated programmes were ineffective in reducing self-stigma; and marginalized populations, that may be most at risk of discrimination and self-stigma, have largely been excluded from research.