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A lack of respect for human rights drives the HIV epidemic. The marginalisation, stigmatisation and criminalisation of some groups of people increases their vulnerability to HIV; gender inequalities can prevent women and girls from being able to protect themselves from HIV; and discrimination prevents equitable access to healthcare.

Anger and fear in Ghana as bill seeks to criminalise LGBT+ people

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
28 July 2021

40 years of HIV/AIDS: a painful anniversary

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The Lancet (editorial)
2 June 2021

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

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Human Rights Watch
14 April 2021

COVID-19 controls used to arrest, torture HIV sufferers

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SciDev.Net
27 November 2020

African activists fight violence against women, one law at a time

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
4 August 2020