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The scourge of LGBTQ criminalisation moving across African countries – and its impact on HIV

Dr Akua Gyamerah (left) and Ruth Kikonyogo (right) at AIDS 2026. Akua is talking into a microphone.

Criminalisation of homosexuality undermines HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa

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Top 5 stories on HIV in Africa from IAS 2023

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What’s happened to services for key populations in Uganda following the Anti-Homosexuality Act?

US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown at IAS 2023. Photo by Roger Pebody.

Coercive reproductive healthcare practices reported by many women living with HIV

Dr Carrie Lyons at IAS 2023. Photo by Roger Pebody.

Educating police on harm reduction can help to prevent HIV and fatal overdoses

Dr Javier Cepeda at AIDS 2022. Photo ©Jordi Ruiz Cirera/IAS.

Supporting members of parliament to uphold sexual and reproductive rights

Marina Davidashvili, Head of Policy and Research at the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF)

Statement on trans rights

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Countries that criminalise gay sex have worse HIV outcomes

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