Chirag Agarwal, a former Singaporean diplomat, writes about socio-political issues in Singapore. He is currently a public policy consultant in Australia
It is not unusual for protesters motivated by personal stories to show up at hotly contested campaigns for elections, like the one taking place on Tuesday for Alabama’s Senate seat.
People at high risk of HIV would be given cheap access to a breakthrough preventative medicine under a federal Labor plan to make Australia the first nation in the world to win the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.
Seeking to stem a sharp rise in H.I.V. cases among young people, Brazil began offering a drug this month that can prevent infection to those deemed at high risk of contagion.
Mark Prest is founder of Portraits of Recovery (PORe), a UK based, international visual arts charity to support people and communities affected by and in recovery from substance misuse to open up new ways of knowing and looking at the subject by working with contemporary visual art and artists.
RFSL, The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights, published a new report: “In society I don't exist, so it's impossible to be who I am.” Trans people’s health and experiences of healthcare in Sweden.
