HEALTH ACTION AIDS

Julian Atim, MD

Human Rights Advocate in Uganda

"I think AIDS is not the problem but the violation of human rights that has many times led to vulnerable people acquiring the disease."

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Health Action AIDS Campaign

Advocacy Partnerships in Africa

OVERVIEW

PHR and Its African Partners Are Creating a Powerful AIDS Advocacy Network

PHR is working with partner organizations in Africa to mobilize African health professionals to make positive change on AIDS policy issues. In Uganda, PHR has partnered with the Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) and in Kenya, with the Kenyan Human Rights Commission to form the Kenya Health Rights Advocacy Forum (HERAF). With support from PHR,our partners are working to:

Increase health sector funding
Improve health infrastructure
Ensure access to anti-retroviral treatment
Address health worker shortages
Expand prevention programming
Combat stigma
Reach vulnerable populations

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Ugandan students participate in a training on the stigma associated with AIDS.

A Kenyan medical student signs a petition.

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