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3) Against people living with HIV/AIDS They must be protected from arbitrary shunning in work or housing as HIV/AIDS does not spread through social contacts. Therefore social discrimination towards them is unjustifiable. Suggestions for Combating Discrimination Some suggestions for combating HIV/AIDS-related discrimination include:
Making changes in the area of human rights legislation and enforcement,
Creating a more supportive environment for persons living with HIV/AIDS as well as the groups most affected by the disease,
Strengthening anti-discrimination laws,
Expanding legal services,
Developing more rational insurance practices,
Educating health-care providers.
Proactive responses are those responses that seek to identify the causes of discrimination and to deal with these before conflict arises.They are important while dealing with HIV. Reactive responses are those nthat depend upon those who are discriminated against seeking after the event. It is to be stressed that various proactive re include legislative responses, advocacy, and public declarat: influential individuals or groups, proactive ethical approacf educational responses. The approach in this Unit can be consid a proactive ethical approach.