Communities challenge female genital mutilation
Writes Key Correspondent, Abjata Khalif. Each school holiday in northern Kenya comes with a traditional ritual where the community line up young girls to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). The...
View ArticleTB and HIV in Ukraine: A wake-up call
I recently attended a roundtable discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels and woke up to the unpleasant fact that Ukraine is now not only faced with the double tragedy of MDR-TB and HIV, but...
View ArticleControlling the HIV epidemic with antiretrovirals – reality or wishful thinking?
Recently, a group from the Alliance Secretariat, including myself, attended a two-day conference focusing on treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Treatment as prevention (TasP) means...
View ArticleThe impact of law on the global HIV response
The launch in the UK of the landmark report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law: Risks, Rights & Health takes place between the observance of World AIDS Day on 1 December and Human Rights...
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