Stigma

ABSTRACT Côte d’Ivoire is known throughout West Africa as the most tolerant country, where gay, lesbian and transgender people from all backgrounds do not have to fear the same kind of systematic violence or opprobrium that plagues them elsewhere in the region. Yet for all this openness, the country is hardly an oasis: sex workers and men who have sex with men continue to encounter often violent stigmatization, the manifestation of a culture of ignorance and suspicion, particularly within the security and defense forces.

ABSTRACT Funding human rights programs remains a significant challenge for the Global Fund, particularly for TB and malaria. This article explains how and where the Fund is investing in human rights.

ABSTRACT Since the advent of the new funding model, the Global Fund has improved its guidance on including human rights initiatives in concept notes. But the Fund plans to step up efforts to expand investment in human rights.

ABSTRACT AIDS advocates warn that given its low disease burden and relatively high GDP, Malaysia may become ineligible for Global Fund support after 2017, imperiling prevention efforts. Especially vulnerable, they say, are those that target MSM.

ABSTRACT Nigeria is watching as President Goodluck Jonathan considers whether to sign a groundbreaking anti-discrimination bill that would impose harsh punishment on those who would erect barriers to access to services for the country's 3.1 million people living with HIV.

ABSTRACT The TB gender disparity has skulked in the background for years without serious attention beyond the occasional systematic review or qualitative study.

ABSTRACT In Morocco, the election of five representatives of key populations to the country coordinating mechanism marks a turning point in the recognition of the rights of those people most at risk of being infected with HIV: groups that have traditionally been victims of stigma and discrimination.

ABSTRACT Public health actors in Uganda are warning about catastrophic consequences for HIV infection rates should President Yoweri Museveni sign into law a sweeping anti-homosexuality bill.

ABSTRACT Only a tiny fraction of the money the Global Fund spends on HIV programming in Southern Africa targets gay men, other men who have sex with men, and transgender individuals, according to a new study.

ABSTRACT Forthcoming revisions to the CCM Guidelines will include strategies to strengthen gender expertise and achieve balanced gender representation on CCMs. In addition, gender-related indicators in the Global Fund's CCM funding policy will allow the Fund to monitor the number of CCM members with gender experience.