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PEPFAR: $48 Billion Landmark Bill Reauthorized; Millions of Lives to be Saved
The US Senate voted to reauthorize PEPFAR AIDS legislation (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), despite a gauntlet of last-minute obstacles and objections...
July 17, 2008

Three LGBT Ugandan Activists Arrested at PEPFAR Meeting in Kampala
Physicians for Human Rights is gravely concerned about the arrest on Wednesday, June 4 of 3 LGBT Ugandan activists at a PEPFAR (President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief) meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
June 8, 2008

Egypt is Pursuing a Campaign Against Gay Men and People with HIV
In the last four months, Cairo police have arrested at least twelve men in an apparent campaign against people whom authorities suspect of being HIV-positive or gay...
May 1, 2008

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Reports on HIV/AIDS

The Right to Health and Health Workforce Planning
The purpose of this guide is to explain why it is necessary to ground health workforce planning in human rights, and how to develop a plan that does just that.
February 29, 2008

Success Stories from the Field: Curbing the Spread of HIV/AIDS among Drug Injectors
This document presents brief descriptions of innovative and successful HIV prevention programs targeting injection drug users in Brazil, Russia, India, and a cross-border area of southern China and northern Vietnam.
May 31, 2007

Epidemic of Inequality: Women's Rights and HIV/AIDS in Botswana & Swaziland
Deeply entrenched gender inequities perpetuate the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Botswana and Swaziland,the two countries with the highest HIV prevalence in the world.10 The legal systems in both countries grant women lesser status than men, restricting property, inheritance and other rights.
May 25, 2007

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