Marginalising Key Populations Impacting Efforts to End HIV/AIDS Epidemic
A transgender person participates in health services provided by the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 2019. Credit: UNAIDSBy Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Jul 14 2023 (IPS) A report released this week has highlighted how continuing criminalisation and marginalisation of key populations are stymying efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The report from UNAIDS, entitled ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, says that ending AIDS is a political and financial choice, and that in countries where HIV responses have been backed up by strong policies and leadership on the issue, “extraordinary resultsâ€...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Russia Uganda UNAIDS Source Type: news
Researchers uncover bacteria behind widespread newborn deaths in Uganda
Three studies identified a bacterial strain responsible for hydrocephalus in babies following infection, paving the way for treatments to prevent the condition. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers uncover bacterium behind widespread newborn deaths in Uganda
Three studies identified a bacterial strain responsible for hydrocephalus in babies following infection, paving the way for treatments to prevent the condition. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Uganda: Unilever Announces Shs130 Million Sponsorship for 2023 Rotary Cancer Run
[Nile Post] Unilever Uganda has announced a Shs130m sponsorship package for this year's Rotary Cancer Run. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sport Uganda Source Type: news
Kenya: Resilience of Kenyan, Ugandan Women in Informal Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has published two reports that shed light on the challenges Kenyan and Uganda women in the informal sector faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Coronavirus East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Uganda Women and Gender Source Type: news
