HIV

14 Apr

We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion, Abortion data, cancer, data collection, HIV, RFK Jr., STI data, United Sates

“The federal teams that count public health problems are disappearing — putting efforts to solve those problems in jeopardy. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s purge of tens of thousands of federal workers has halted efforts to collect data on everything from cancer rates in firefighters to mother-to-baby transmission of HIV and syphilis to outbreaks of drug-resistant gonorrhea to cases of carbon monoxide poisoning….”

24 Jul

Women living with HIV continue to face violations of their sexual and reproductive rights—including coercion into sterilization

PatLatest NewsHIV, International, Reproductive Coercion, Reproductive rights

Women living with HIV including women from key populations continue to suffer widespread reproductive coercion, mistreatment, and neglect when seeking reproductive health services and rights around the world, a new report by the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) has revealed today. The report was launched at a joint ICW/UNAIDS event at the 25th International AIDS Conference taking place in Munich, Germany.