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Department of Education TVET Division
HIV/AIDS & STI Teacher Guide
Module 3 Care and support for people living with
HIV/AIDS
Learning outcome 1: Explain the effects of stigma and
discrimination on people living with HIV/AIDS
Lesson 21
By the end of this lesson students can…
1.1 Describe the situations when people who are affected with HIV are harmed
by stigma and discrimination
1.2 Describe situations when people who are infected with HIV are harmed by
stigma and discrimination
1.3 Explain the negative consequences of stigma and discrimination on people
affected or infected by HIV
Resources: None
a. Introduction: (15 mins)
Say, “People living with HIV/AIDS have the same rights as anyone who is not
infected by HIV/AIDS.”
With a partner ask students to list down at least 10 basic human rights. Ask the class
to tell you what these would be.
b. Main Activity: (20 mins)
Say, “Stigma is when we say something hurtful about someone living with HIV/AIDS.
Discrimination is when we treat someone with HIV/AIDS differently.”
Say, “Words of stigmatisation and discrimination that hurt PLWHA very much.”
In pairs students must write words and phrases that stigmatise and discriminate
PLWHA in their work books.
Words that Stigmatise PLWHA
E.g. People with HIV are sinners
Words that Discriminate PLWHA
E.g. You can’t work here – you have HIV
Ask students to share these with the class.
c. Conclusion: (15 mins)
Ask the students to work on their own and empathise how you would feel if a friend,
brother or sister, father, mother, son or daughter told you they were HIV positive.
How would you feel Reflect this own your own. Write down how you would feel,
how they would feel and what you would say or do.
Ask the students to share their thoughts with a friend.
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