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'People are still afraid of those three letters': Fighting the stigma of HIV

Activists say more than half of HIV-positive people in Brazil face discrimination, even as new drugs and testing campaigns improve treatment access.

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Retired rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive, came to Rio de Janeiro's famed Ipanema Beach to participate in a campaign called "Tackle HIV."(Ian Cheibub for NPR)RIO DE JANEIRO -- "People are still afraid of those three letters," says Gareth Thomas, a former Welsh rugby star. He's talking about HIV. Thomas became a global champion for people living with HIV when he announced that he was HIV positive in 2019. Since then, he has been a str…

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