Recent Key Efforts to Improve HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma and Discrimination Research

HIV-related Intersectlonal stigma and discrimination persist as significant barriers to effective HIV prevention and management. People with or affected by HIV continue to face multiple stigmas at the Individual, Interpersonal, community, and societal levels. There Is an urgent need for HIV-related intersectional stigma and discrimination research to significantly advance the science and provide the opportunity to successfully translate and Implement efficacious strategies Into practice, programs, and policies. Addressing these Issues Is a high priority for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) HIV research agenda and Is essential If Implementation Is to be transformative and emancipatory.To that end, In 2020 the NIH Office of AIDS Research and the National Institute of Mental Health, Division of AIDS Research developed and Implemented a deliberative process to actively engage researchers, community members, and government officials In a rigorous review of the concepts, theories, measurements, and Interventions that address HIV-related Intersectional stigma and discrimination. The hub of this process was a workshop that convened multifaceted workgroups composed of more than 100 scientists, health providers, ethicists, and community representatives. Meeting virtually over a three-month period, they assessed the science and formulated next best steps needed to understand and address the multiple structural and social factors of HIVrelated intersectional stigma and discrimination.