The Professorship for Global Health invites everyone interested to the talk and discussion with Dr Katerina Suverina from the University of Konstanz on the topic “When Stigma Strikes Back: How Soviet AIDS Propaganda Poisoned Its Own Healthcare”.
The event is going to be on 10.03.2025, 3-4pm, at room B.158 at the Munich School for Politics and Public Policy.

Abstract of the talk of Dr. Suverina:
How Soviet healthcare's war on people living with HIV ultimately destroyed itself. Through the solid evidence, including letters, reports and 500+ newspaper articles, Dr. Katerina Suverina reveals how medical bureaucrats crafted a cruel campaign of shame against people living with HIV. What they didn't expect was that their own propaganda weapon would turn against them, exposing the deep cracks in the Soviet medical system. "We're not dying from AIDS – we're dying from society's attitude!" became not just one patient's cry but a prophetic warning of how stigma can poison an entire healthcare system. Dr. Suverina's research shows that when medicine becomes a tool of humiliation, even the mightiest systems can collapse under the weight of their own cruelty.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Besides joining the event in person, you can also participate via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83551534822?pwd=ybBVb9yrOZV791KNnn3qISZFsZylBV.1 (Meeting ID: 835 5153 4822; Passcode: 672959)