Sam’s academic background
- Research Center for Medical Sociology at Tsinghua University
- Arthur Kleinman at Harvard
- research focus on stigma related to HIV
HIV in China 06:33
- SARS epidemic in 2003 moved the Chinese government to acknowledge the HIV issue in China
- 3 causes: blood transfusions, drugs, sexual intercourse
- blood shortage gave rise to intermediary agencies to help bring in blood donations, especially blood plasma — lack of regulation allowed unsanitary practices, which the government has since shut down
- needle exchange programs: free sanitary needles for drug users
- HIV awareness framed as a non-Chinese problem
HIV education and NGOs 21:00
- Gates Foundation
- The Global Fund
- lots of unregistered civil society organizations
- operation in China difficult for all NGOs
Technological means of HIV prevention 29:35
- capacity building
- HIV prevention program through online community, supported by The Global Fund starting in 2007
- 2012 saw the development of Blued, an app inspired by Grindr and Jack’d (which were only available to English-speaking users)
- technology enabled a lighter framing of HIV issue
- effectiveness of getting tested –> impact on HIV awareness
- SESH group – social entrepreneurship to spur health
- importance of working with communities
Stigma 47:20
- late 1990s/early 2000s: kids born with HIV
- ARV – antiretroviral drugs
- legal cases where people were discriminated against in e.g. employment because of HIV
- discrimination against HIV-positive patients at hospitals
Sex Ed 58:23
- Sticky Rice Love
- LGBTQ* Rights in Hong Kong with Geoffrey Yeung
- Pink Alliance HK
- episode on LGBTQ* rights in Taiwan with Lucie Liu (German)
- heterosexual transmission of HIV in China: one of top two sources of transmission in China
Closing Words 1:09:20
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