UNAIDS TERMINOLOGY GUIDELINES

Language shapes beliefs and may influence behaviours.

Considered use of appropriate language has the power to strengthen the global response to the AIDS epidemic. That is why the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is pleased to make these guidelines to Preferred terminology freely available for use by staff members, colleagues in the Programme’s 11 Cosponsoring organizations and other partners working in the global response to HIV.

UNAIDS Terminology

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