Original report from Phnom Penh
26 May 2008
Many Cambodians with HIV or AIDS continue to face challenges finding work or careers, thanks to lingering discrimination of the disease, officials said as they marked Global AIDS Week.
Many are supported by rice from the World Food Program, but they say they want their own businesses and to live independently.
Heng Sambath, coordinator of the Cambodian Alliance for Combating HIV/AIDS, said that the most important for those with the disease is getting a daily income.
Cambodia has around 67,000 people living with HIV or AIDS, with 28,000 taking anti-retroviral medication, which can help them take on daily occupations.
Many are supported by rice from the World Food Program, but they say they want their own businesses and to live independently.
Heng Sambath, coordinator of the Cambodian Alliance for Combating HIV/AIDS, said that the most important for those with the disease is getting a daily income.
Cambodia has around 67,000 people living with HIV or AIDS, with 28,000 taking anti-retroviral medication, which can help them take on daily occupations.
3 comments:
HIV/AIDS people shall not be discriminated from having a job or a career path.
People shall aware that other would not be contracted the disea because they are working together, sitting in the same room or breathing the same air.
Please give them a chance.
No problem, just send them permanent visas for the US and some cashes for the fare, and we'll shipped them right over.
cambodia should have strict law protecting hiv people from being discriminated against. i think the stigma is a huge part of this discrimination and it is happening all over the world, and cambodia is not an exception. people should be educated more about hiv/aids that you can't just get it by touching or working with people. where is the justice for these new victim of economical growth in cambodia? god bless all.
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