What is it about?
This study argues that the use of appropriate terms in the local languages in referring to HIV and AIDS is capable of reducing the stigmatisation and discrimination of people living with HIV and AIDS, and consequently reduce the spread of HIV through behaviour change. Accordingly, the study embarks on the lexical modernisation of HIV and AIDS nomenclatures in Nigeria’s three major languages (i.e. Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) in line with current developments around the world in the management of the two health conditions.
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Why is it important?
The study may prompt new ways to perceiving and managing HIV and AIDS.
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This page is a summary of: The modernisation of HIV and AIDS’ nomenclatures in Nigeria’s major
languages, Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication, December 2017, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/term.00003.igb.
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