CORRUPTION THREATENS TO CRIPPLE UGANDA’S PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEM Kampala, Uganda (2010 Features):
Corruption and mismanagement of public funds is
threatening to put Uganda’s public health system in jeopardy. Corruption is
largely responsible for drug shortages, including stock–outs of ARVs. A national
commission report reveals that Uganda loses US$300 million (about UGX 510
billion), or a lion’s share of its entire health budget, to corruption,
annually....More»
TB SUPPORTERS RECEIVE SHABBY TREATMENT IN HAITI Port au Prince, Haiti (2010 Features): Some US$14 million have been invested in the fight against Tuberculosis in Haiti, by the Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis, AIDS and Malaria over the last five years. However, individuals who are central to the care and support of persons infected with TB are receiving little or no pay and are threatening to withdraw their services. ...More»
CRIMINALISAION OF SEX WORKERS BOOSTS HIV INFECTION RISK Johannesburg, South Africa (2010 Features): A number of South African NGOs are lobbying for the decriminalisation of sex work, demanding the removal of laws that make adult sex work and aspects of the sex work industry a crime. The continued criminalisation of sex workers has contributed to their stigma, isolation and violation of human rights. The fact that most sex workers are women, that their work is illegal and that they are shunned by their communities, exposes them to exploitation. ...More»
UNMET NEEDS: SEX WORKERS IN PAKISTAN HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO TB-HIV TREATMENT Karachi, Pakistan, (2010 Features): The increasing prevalence of HIV among male, female and transvestite sex workers in Pakistan has given rise to another fear among health experts: the high prevalence rates among these groups may lead to an increase in tuberculosis-HIV co-infection. But treatment for TB-HIV co-infection among sex workers is complicated by discrimination and red tape. ...More»
ZIMBABWE’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM HITS ROCK BOTTOM Harare, Zimbabwe (2010 Features): Even though the country was applauded at the recently concluded XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico for its success in reducing its HIV and TB prevalence and incidence, Zimbabwe’s HIV and TB programmes are suffering as donors pull out. Development assistance to Zimbabwe has been declining steadily in the last five years, and it comes at a time of economic decline. ...More»
