@article{Anthonio Oladele Adefuye_Butler_Adeola_2020, title={The need to combat stigmatizing dogmas in the midst of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic}, volume={12}, url={https://publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/1419}, DOI={10.4081/jphia.2021.1419}, abstractNote={<p>Dear Editor, <br>Stigmatization is a putative structural barrier to health-seeking behaviour, and radical education of the populace is crucial to ameliorate its detrimental effects. Even before the classic work of Erving Goffman in 1963 on the social psychology of stigma, the practice of fear and avoidance because of the presence of a disease, in particular infectious diseases and in some cases noninfectious disease3 has been in existence in many societies.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Public Health in Africa}, author={Anthonio Oladele Adefuye, Anthonio and Butler, Markes and Adeola, Henry Ademola}, year={2020}, month={Sep.} }