But prison officials are in denial, say coordinators of the National AIDS Control Organisation’s prison intervention programme.
Taiwan: Gay community unhappy with blood donation rule change
Associations Between Police Harassment and HIV Vulnerabilities
No More Broken Promises
US: Schools won’t teach children about lesbian sex and that’s hurting queer girls
China: HIV, Sex Work, and Law Enforcement
Ghana: A Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations
Harnessing human rights for the AIDS response
A special section on HIV and human rights has been published in the Health and Human Rights Journal. Eleven papers—covering issues such as HIV-related stigma and discrimination, gender inequality and the effects of the abuse and criminalization of key populations—offer critical reflections on the AIDS response and call for renewed efforts to confront legal, social and structural barriers in order to realize better health for all.
Human Rights and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
US: White House Gives Health Workers New Religious Liberty Protections
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was expanding religious freedom protections for doctors, nurses and other health care workers who object to performing procedures like abortion and gender reassignment surgery, satisfying religious conservatives who have pushed for legal sanctuary from the federal government.