Clinton Promises She’ll Reform HIV Criminalization Laws Published on Tuesday, 17 May 2016 14:40 Tonight, speaking via a pre-recorded video to attendees of the HIV is Not a Crime Training Academy, Hilary Clinton says if she wins the Presidential election,…
HIV criminalisation a setback to regional AIDS efforts Published on Monday, 16 May 2016 14:48 Johannesburg – The criminalisation of HIV simply undermines the remarkable global scientific advances and proven public health strategies that could open the path to vanquishing AIDS…
New report shows HIV criminalisation is a growing, global concern but advocates are fighting back Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 11:31 A new report released today shows that HIV criminalisation is a growing, global phenomenon. However, advocates around the…
Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS The world is failing to protect the health and human rights of people who use drugs. As a result, people who use drugs, especially people who inject drugs, have been isolated and denied the means to protect themselves from HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Among the estimated 12 million people who inject drugs globally, one in 10 is living with HIV. From 2010 to 2014,
Two weeks ago, thanks to generous funding for 2016-18 from the Robert Carr civil society Networks Fund, a group of committed activists from all over the world came together in Brighton, the home of the HIV Justice Network, so we could strategise how to work closer together in order to end HIV criminalisation.