Citizen science: engaging study participants as partners in research

In December 2020, Dr Allanise Cloete and her colleagues responded to a call for proposals to look at how stigma works in South African contexts, and specifically how people (including adolescents) living with HIV experience stigma. The study is part of the International AIDS Society's "Getting to the Heart of Stigma" project that aims to consolidate the evidence-base of HIV related stigma and stigma-reduction efforts.