Tag: HIV
LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo honored for fighting HIV stigma
LGBTQI advocate Richard Lusimbo is one of six Ugandans recognized by the International Community of Women Living with HIV / Eastern Africa (ICWEA) for [...]
Botswana president: We’ll host 2021 AIDS conference
The president of Botswana announced on Facebook that Botswana will host next year's African ICASA 2021 anti-AIDS conference, which was taken away from [...]
Despite police brutality, Uganda wants to host AIDS conference
Activists fighting against AIDS and for human rights in Uganda are pushing to reverse the decision to move next year's African AIDS conference out of [...]
Cameroon: With Israeli aid, drop-in center can now fight AIDS better
The Israeli embassy in Cameroon is working with the Camfaids drop-in center to improve diagnosis and treatment of HIV / AIDS in Yaoundé, Cameroon. [...]
Violence in Uganda: Anti-AIDS conference cancels 2021 plans
The sponsors of the African anti-AIDS conference ICASA have decided to move the gathering out of Uganda because of civil unrest there. A petition by h [...]
Cameroon: 500 learn modern tactics for fighting AIDS and gender violence
Hundreds of people learned about modern methods for combating HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence and ignorance about sexuality during a three-day event [...]
Ugandan activists call for decriminalization to fight AIDS
To combat AIDS, Uganda should decriminalize same-sex relations, sex work and individual drug use, according to a World AIDS Day statement from the Uga [...]
Slander, HIV, bias at work – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTIQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Sixth in a series) From the African Human Rig [...]
Uganda gays, key populations elect members of health panel
LGBTQ+ Ugandans, sex workers and other Ugandans most at risk of HIV infections have elected their two representatives to the panel overseeing health p [...]
Family, blackmail, intersex – Qtalk helps LGBTQ+ Nigerians
LGBTIQ+ Nigerians benefit from the support provided by volunteer counselors via the Qtalk app. (Fifth in a series) From the African Human Rig [...]
LGBTQ+ Ugandans have key role in push toward AIDS-free nation
Uganda has launched an ambitious five-year plan (2020-2025) to reduce new HIV infections among adults and youths by 70 percent. Yet Uganda Aids Commis [...]
Ugandan activists start condom coalition to fight AIDS
LGBT-rights and right-to-health advocates in Uganda have launched a coalition to focus specifically on access and availability of AIDS-fighting condom [...]
Cameroon activists say their goodbyes to Yves Yomb
Human rights activists and other members of Cameroonian civil society gathered last week to pay tribute to LGBTI activist Yves Yomb, who died in June [...]
Ugandan LGBT advocate wins HIV/AIDS global award
Uganda was in the limelight at the just concluded virtual 2020 International AIDS Conference when Ugandan LGBT advocate Susan Atuhura won a prestigiou [...]
UNAIDS chief: We must focus anti-AIDS efforts on stigmatised minorities
The world's fight against HIV / AIDS needs to focus on homosexuals, sex workers, injecting drug users and migrant populations, says the leader of the [...]
7 lies gay people are told that should stop right now
Throughout history, gay people have been subjected to many forms of discrimination, based on homophobia that often is founded on myths, lies, and [...]
Cameroon: Local chief expels four anti-AIDS activists
Four young adults in eastern Cameroon were thrown out of their homes after their work at an anti-AIDS training session came to light. From [...]
No end in sight for Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown
Four years ago, the Tanzanian government began its crackdown on its LGBTQ citizens. The repression has never stopped. From the African Human R [...]
How LGBTIQ+ Nigerians are coping with COVID-19 pandemic
The LGBTIQ+ community in Nigeria has been severely impacted by the new coronavirus, LGBTIQ+ human rights activists say. From the African Human Ri [...]
New Ugandan rules allow HIV care during lockdown
LGBTI and health rights activists in Uganda have welcomed new guidance from Uganda's Ministry of Health about continued uninterrupted access to anti-H [...]
Alternatives-Cameroon expands to the nation’s capital
The highly regarded LGBTI advocacy group Alternatives-Cameroon has expanded its work into Yaoundé from its Douala base. From the African Hu [...]
Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown: ‘If we won’t get services we will die’
Tanzania is ignoring effective anti-AIDS strategies and replacing them with a prejudiced anti-gay crackdown. That's the conclusion of a new report fro [...]
Uganda HIV stigma drops, but it’s still high against gays
Stigma against HIV+ homosexuals and sex workers in Uganda is almost six times greater than stigma faced by HIV+ Ugandans in general, a new survey foun [...]
Uganda: U.S. reassures local LGBT community of health inclusion
We haven't forgotten about you. That's the word to the LGBT community in Uganda, even though the latest national HIV impact survey contains no data a [...]
Global Fund to the rescue as Uganda tries to deny lubricants
The Global Fund has found a way to ease a Ugandan government-created shortage of lubricants, which are an important method of combating the spread of [...]
Uganda activists seek repeal of laws that abuse HIV+ people
Gay rights activists in Uganda this week joined health rights defenders and people living with HIV to demand an end to the country’s HIV criminal laws [...]
Uganda plans to be ignorant about extent of HIV among gays
Health rights advocates in Uganda are worried about a pending ministerial order to health care providers stopping them from recording data about homos [...]
New push to give sex lubricants to Ugandan women, gay men
It's time for homophobic Ugandan officials to stop limiting access to sex lubricants especially because, without them, straight women as well as homos [...]
Uganda faces ‘a crisis of political will’ in fight against AIDS
Health rights advocates in Uganda warn that the country is “faltering in its response to the HIV epidemic” especially among LGBTI people, sex workers [...]
Struggling Nigerian musician Waconzy turns to homophobia
Afro-soul Nigerian musician Obinna Kelvin Anyanwu, popularly known as Waconcy, is trying to revive his musical career by promoting homophobia. He has [...]
Report reveals Ugandan anti-LGBT health care discrimination
A new report from the LGBT coalition Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) exposes the effects of discrimination that gender and sexual minorities still fac [...]
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