US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie Brown at IAS 2023. Photo by Roger Pebody/AidsmapBefore the discussion around Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, drop-in centres providing HIV prevention and treatment services to key populations saw an average of 40 clients per week. However, as the discussion continued in Ugandan media, the number of clients decreased significantly.
By the time the first version of ‘one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws’ was debated and approved in the Ugandan Parliament in mid-March 2023, drop-in centres only saw an average of two clients per week. These findings were reported at the 12th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2023) in Brisbane on Monday.
Read the full story at Aidsmap.
Source : Aidsmap
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