Below you’ll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Policy and Legislation”
Published: June 9, 2016
Several United Nations Member States Commit to Engage Key Populations During the United Nations High-Level Meeting to End AIDS New York, New York — As we reported yesterday with our partners NSWP, IRGT, GATE, and the Global Platform to Fast-Track the HIV and Human Rights Responses Among Gay and Bisexual Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, the …
Published: March 31, 2015
allAfrica Jacinta Nwachukwu and Franca Ofili Original Article: bit.ly/19GFNHX Nigeria, with an estimated population of 160 million, ranks second to South Africa in the factsheet on countries with people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide, representing nine percent of the global burden of the disease. According to a recent report of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nigeria has put in …
Published: March 31, 2015
EDGE MEDIA NETWORK Original Article: bit.ly/1GJB2ej The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lead new programs totaling more than $185 million in HIV prevention funding for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people, with a particular focus on addressing the needs of MSM of color. The multi-faceted strategy will respond to the severe burden of HIV …
Published: March 31, 2015
The Huffington Post Dr. Alvaro Bermejo Original Article: huff.to/1INxtCT I was looking forward to meeting the leaders of community responses to HIV from across the world. We had decided the 2015 meeting would be in February in India, a country that has led the way developing the generic anti-retroviral drugs that keep millions alive, a country that has taught us …
Published: March 31, 2015
The Washington Post Nicole Crowder Original Article: wapo.st/1CHK21C Beginning in Damascus, Syria, in 2010, photojournalist Bradley Secker began to document the lives of gay Iraqi refugees that had fled Iraq to escape homophobic violence. Shortly after chronicling their stories, Secker crossed borders and traveled to Turkey, following Iranians, Turkish Kurds, Syrians and more Iraqis who were claiming asylum abroad or fighting …
Published: March 30, 2015
PinkNews Joseph Patrick McCormick Original Article: bit.ly/1xuv3rv All general election candidates have been asked to pledge support for trans rights. Campaigners for trans rights are calling on all general election candidates to support the three principles underpinning the Trans Manifesto. The Trans Manifesto was launched in April 2014 to draw politicians’ attention to areas where trans people face inequality. 15 …
Published: March 30, 2015
NAT Original Article: bit.ly/1Ge7bdp NAT (National AIDS Trust) has developed guidance for people living with HIV on how to provide relevant evidence for new disability benefits applications. The guide, created in partnership with the National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA), explains the importance of evidence from health and care professionals for the new disability benefits, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA*) and …
Published: March 29, 2015
THE LANCET HIV Lei Zhang, PhD, Nittaya Phanuphak, PhD Klara Henderson, PhD Siriporn Nonenoy, MPH Sasiwan Srikaew, BSc Andrew J Shattock, MScCliff C Kerr, PhD Brenda Omune, BIPH Prof Frits van Griensven, PhD Sutayut Osornprasop, PhD Robert Oelrichs, PhD Jintanat Ananworanich, PhD Prof David P Wilson, PhD Original Article: bit.ly/1NwBFaT Summary Background Despite the high prevalence of HIV in men …
Published: March 28, 2015
INTER PRESS SERVICE Jeffrey Moyo Original Article: bit.ly/1bL82XP Tatenda Chivata, a 16-year old from Zimbabwe’s Mutoko rural district, was suspended from school for an entire three-month academic term after he was found with a used condom stashed in his schoolbag. Regerai Chigodora, a 34-year-old prisoner at a jail in Harare, had his 36-year sentence stretched to 45 years after he …
Published: March 27, 2015
ERASING 76 CRIMES Colin Stewart Original Article: bit.ly/1D7PKMp Only a few hours are left to the Entertainment Fundraiser for Ugandan LGBTI asylum seekers currently lodged in different parts of Kenya. Kanobana Mwanje Franco, who is in charge of organising the fundraising event is trying out a brand new blonde wig, a silver necklace and attire for the performance. “I will …
Published: March 27, 2015
HIV JUSTICE NETWORK Original Article: bit.ly/1CJsimO On April 2nd 2015, a simply worded amendment to Article 1 of Law No. 8072 of July 25, 1990 – covering ‘heinous crimes’ – will be presented to the Brazilian Parliament by the populist Congressman, Pompeo de Mattos. The amendement, draft Bill No. 198, 2015, would add to the list of heinous crimes – which currently …
Published: March 27, 2015
NPQ John Godfrey Original Article: bit.ly/1BFM4dT The second-largest insurer in the United States, Aetna, has agreed to lower the costs of pharmaceutical drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS after legal action by the AIDS Institute (TAI) and The National Health Law Program (NHeLP). NHeLP and TAI filed a complaint in May 2014 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human …
