public health

US: Biden Admin Begins Massive Review, Reversal Of Trump Admin Regs, EOs

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden took immediate action to freeze all agency rules and guidances issued under the Trump administration that have not yet taken effect, sending out a memo from White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain that also asks agency heads to postpone and reconsider any rules that have yet to be published in the Federal Register.

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Ecuador: Organizations announce collection of signatures to veto the Health Code

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The National Front for the Family together with other civil society organizations and religious groups announced yesterday in Guayaquil the beginning of the collection of signatures and mobilizations to request the total presidential veto of the Organic Health Code (COS), a norm that was approved by the National Assembly, last Tuesday, August 25.

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Ecuador: Know seven important points of the Organic Health Code

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The Organic Health Code (COS), approved on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 in the National Assembly, is a legal norm that brings together more than 40 laws, decrees and reforms related to the health system in the country

Southern Africa #VoiceandChoice Gender Protocol Barometer

The twelfth edition of the SADC Gender Protocol Barometer will be launched virtually on Monday 17 August 2020 during the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Civil Society Forum, which is also SADC day. The SADC Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SADC-CNGO) coordinates the Civil Society Forum.

UNAIDS congratulates Tlaleng Mofokeng on her appointment as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health

Tlaleng Mofokeng, a South African medical doctor and a women's rights and sexual and reproductive health rights activist, has been appointed as the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

Canada: HIV-negative men skeptical of U=U message

As research focused on the HIV treatment care cascade has illuminated, significant challenges remain in supporting all people living with HIV in reaching and maintaining an undetectable HIV status, thwarting both the individual and population-level benefits of this state of viral suppression

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Colombia: A Black Trans Sex Worker Died After Paramedics Failed To Take Her To The Hospital

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“The death of Alejandra has become a flag for our march because we want justice, but above all we want this to stop,” Salamanca said.

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US: Administration’s Proposed HUD Rule Is Another Sign They Don’t Want Trans People to Feel Safe Anywhere

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In this op-ed, Teen Vogue politics editor Lucy Diavolo assesses how the Trump administration’s proposed new rule for federally funded homeless shelters connects to their broader efforts to attack trans people more broadly.

Ireland: Calls for sexual health clinics to reopen as COVID levels remain low

Activist groups and doctors have called for sexual health services to reopen across the country as Ireland emerges from lockdown. Upon the outbreak of COVID-19, many public sexual health clinics across the country have been closed entirely with few operating at a reduced capacity.