Table 5.

Enacted stigma, combined percent (n=1893) and country ranges

Observed stigma (n=1853)
In<12 months how often observed the following at your health facility1		At least once (%)	Never (%)
Healthcare workers unwilling to care for a patient living with HIV	Mean	23.4	74.4
	Range	12.7–43.1	56.9–87.3
Healthcare workers providing poorer quality of care to a patient living with HIV than to other patients	Mean	20.1	77.5
	Range	8.3–28.5	68.7–91.7
Healthcare workers talking badly about people living with or thought to be living with HIV	Mean	29.9	67.5
	Range	14.0–58.5	41.5–86.0
Infection precaution measures
Typically use any of the following measures when providing services to a patient living with HIV:		Yes (%)	No (%)
Avoid physical contact (n=1575)	Mean	26.8	69.6
	Range	6.4–69.4	30.6–87.2
Wear double gloves (n=1506)	Mean	30.9	66.1
	Range	19.0–48.2	51.8–79.9
Use any special measures that you do not use with other patients (n=1495)	Mean	26.9	69.1
	Range	7.2–50.5	49.6–83.3
Experiences with secondary stigma (n=1814)
In the past 12 months, how often have you1:		At least once (%)	Never (%)
Experienced people talking badly about you because you care for patients living with HIV	Mean	12.2	81.3
	Range	5.0–34.6	65.1–95.0
Been avoided by friends and family because you care for patients living with HIV	Mean	4.8	88.6
	Range	1.3–9.4	72.6–97.3
Been avoided by colleagues because of your work caring for people living with HIV	Mean	2.6	90.6
	Range	1.0–5.1	73.0–98.2

¹Response categories included most of the time, several times, once or twice and never.