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A Rights-Based Approach to Fighting HIV/AIDS in Ugandan Prisons
August 10, 2011

A Rights-Based Approach to Fighting HIV/AIDS in Ugandan Prisons

Human Rights Watch researcher Katherine Todrys guest blogs for Global Pulse on the HIV/AIDS fight in Uganda, where only one of 223 prisons has a medical facility equipped to provide adequate treatment for the disease.

HIV treatment plans inadequate in South African prisons
December 7, 2009

HIV treatment plans inadequate in South African prisons

Many prisoners living with HIV are denied access to adequate antiretroviral drugs, leaving them susceptible to opportunistic infections. Recently, prisoners …Continue Reading