Given the implications of stigma for HIV/AIDS prevention and control of the epidemic, as emphasized by UNAIDS, this study analyzes theBrazilian academic production on health, AIDS, stigma, and discrimination, available This study aims to analyze the Brazilian academic literature on AIDS, stigma, and discrimination available in the SciELO database from 2005 to 2010, with the purpose of encouraging the development of research and policies on the theme in the public health field in Brazil. The review's premise is that since processes of discrimination and stigma result from social interactions and structures, they stem from the linkage between axis of inequalities, such as social class, gender, generation, and color/race/ethnicity and individual characteristics. Thus, the analysis of these health-related processes should consider the specific interrelations between macro-and micro-social structures in the production of exclusionary mechanisms towards certain individuals and groups, thereby making them more vulnerable 2,3 .
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