PEPFAR
By Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition January 11, 2010 - 7:34pm
The exercise of human rights should not be contingent on whether or not you think a person’s choices or circumstances are a good way to live or be. Entangling morality with a conversation about rights and painting a portrait of people in the sex industry as victims without voices only perpetuates their disempowerment.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check January 5, 2010 - 9:37am
A NYT Editorial calls on the US to withdraw international development funds from the government of Uganda if it passes legislation that would, among other things, impose the death sentence for homosexual behavior. I agree.
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Despite these encouraging signals, however, the Obama administration has not yet made any notable changes to U.S. policy targeting the sexual and reproductive health of young people globally.
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The guiding principle for global health donors of a more sustainable approach to fighting the AIDS epidemic should be that prevention and treatment for HIV/AIDS can no longer happen in isolation.
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By amfAR December 1, 2009 - 7:00am
The response to the
HIV/AIDS pandemic has transformed
global health financing
and programming, demonstrating the
potential to make
substantial progress against diseases in low-
December 1, 2009, marks President Obama’s first World AIDS Day in the White House and the first World AIDS Day for the newly elected Congress. The time is right for a frank assessment of his first year in the fight against global AIDS as President. This analysis focuses on the funding and policy decisions the Administration has made since taking office in January 2009, and assesses the human impact of those decisions.
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While prevention restrictions under US Global AIDS Policy were made looser in last year's reauthorization bill, the new law includes worrisome reporting requirements for prevention programs.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check October 30, 2009 - 12:25pm
The White House has lifted the HIV travel ban, and the United States is no longer included in the list of only seven countries worldwide that bar HIV-positive persons from obtaining visas for entry. President Obama called it a policy "rooted in fear rather than fact."
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By Amie Newman, Managing Editor October 22, 2009 - 6:00am
In Uganda, though homosexual acts are already illegal, a new bill would penalize homosexuality with tougher penalties - along the lines of life imprisonment and the death penalty.
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The Justice Department has dropped its appeal of an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the controversial "prostitution pledge" in US Global AIDS Policy. Advocates hope this signals an intention to fundamentally change the restriction.
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