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People who use drugs continue to face stigma and discrimination in Indonesia. The assignment of a new head of the National Narcotics Agency, Budi Waseso, has brought a host of new challenges. For example, he has plans to build a prison for people on drug-related charges on an isolated island ......

Last week I was at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) which took place in Harare, Zimbabwe. I was one of the speakers of the Bridging the Gaps satellite session entitled ‘How to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030? Key populations are paving the way.’ As ......

My name is Bradley Fortuin, I’m 26 years old and I live in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. In my country, one in four people are living with HIV, so all people are directly or indirectly affected by HIV and AIDS. I myself, for example, had to deal with the ......

My name is Allen and I live in Uganda. I do sex work in Wandegeya, a neighbourhood in Kampala. In my country, sex workers have to face stigma and are often arrested by the police and imprisoned. I used to fear police officers so much. However, one day I met ......