The ISARIC Anti-Stigma Guidelines: A toolkit for stigma mitigation in infectious disease outbreaks

Amy Paterson; Chambrez-Zita Zauchenberger; Mary Gouws; Ruan Spies; Amanda Rojek; Ashleigh Cheyne; Piero Olliaro; Nina Gobat; Anne Stangl; Antons Mozalevskis; Eka Airlangga; Hager Saeed; Harun Tulunay; Ismat Jahan Bhuiyan; Jeni Stolow; Jennifer Collins; John Robert Carabeo Medina; Kkunsa Hadson Dimitrios; Laura De Almeida; Maria Bertoglia; Markita Suttle; Md Saiful Islam; Mumtaz Ali Khan; Naveed Ahmed; Nicole Martin; Parth Sharma; Petra Gronholm; Rayner Kay Jin Tan; Rihab Yazidi; Samuel Tomczyk; Shreyus Sukhija; Toru Takenaga; Ursin Bayisenge; Zeb Jamrozik; Olive Kabajaasi; Nathan Kenya-Mugisha; Tonmoy Sarkar; Syed Satter; Beatrice Bosch

The ISARIC Anti-Stigma Guidelines: A toolkit for stigma mitigation in infectious disease outbreaks

Amy Paterson (Contributor)
, Chambrez-Zita Zauchenberger (Contributor)
, Mary Gouws (Contributor)
, Ruan Spies (Contributor)
, Amanda Rojek (Contributor)
, Ashleigh Cheyne (Contributor)
, Piero Olliaro (Contributor)
, Nina Gobat (Contributor)
, Anne Stangl (Contributor)
, Antons Mozalevskis (Contributor)
, Eka Airlangga (Contributor)
, Hager Saeed (Contributor)
, Harun Tulunay (Contributor)
, Ismat Jahan Bhuiyan (Contributor)
, Jeni Stolow (Contributor)
, Jennifer Collins (Contributor)
, John Robert Carabeo Medina (Contributor)
, Kkunsa Hadson Dimitrios (Contributor)
, Laura De Almeida (Contributor)
, Maria Bertoglia (Contributor)

Markita Suttle (Contributor), Md Saiful Islam (Contributor), Mumtaz Ali Khan (Contributor), Naveed Ahmed (Contributor), Nicole Martin (Contributor), Parth Sharma (Contributor), Petra Gronholm (Contributor), Rayner Kay Jin Tan (Contributor), Rihab Yazidi (Contributor), Samuel Tomczyk (Contributor), Shreyus Sukhija (Contributor), Toru Takenaga (Contributor), Ursin Bayisenge (Contributor), Zeb Jamrozik (Contributor), Olive Kabajaasi (Contributor), Nathan Kenya-Mugisha (Contributor), Tonmoy Sarkar (Contributor), Syed Satter (Contributor), Beatrice Bosch (Contributor)

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The ISARIC Anti-Stigma Guidelines are a practical resource collaboratively developed by outbreak responders, stigma researchers, and people with relevant lived experience to guide outbreak response organisations in identifying and mitigating stigma during infectious disease outbreaks. Stigma is a recurring, harmful feature of outbreaks that undermines public health responses and exacerbates social inequality. Despite growing awareness of these harms, operational guidance for outbreak-related stigma reduction remains limited.

Original language	English
Media of output	Guideline
Publisher	International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
Number of pages	57
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publication status	Published - 9 Jan 2026

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Paterson, A., Zauchenberger, C.-Z., Gouws, M., Spies, R., Rojek, A., Cheyne, A., Olliaro, P., Gobat, N., Stangl, A., Mozalevskis, A., Airlangga, E., Saeed, H., Tulunay, H., Bhuiyan, I. J., Stolow, J., Collins, J., Medina, J. R. C., Dimitrios, K. H., De Almeida, L., ... Bosch, B. (2026, Jan 9). The ISARIC Anti-Stigma Guidelines: A toolkit for stigma mitigation in infectious disease outbreaks. International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC). https://isaric.org/resources/stigma/anti-stigma-guidelines/

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