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Monthly Archives: March 2025
A woman living with HIV shows up to her community clinic for antenatal care. The nurses ask why she got pregnant. A man living with HIV goes to his dental appointment. He arrives first, but the staff treat him last. A young transgender woman learns she is HIV positive. She was already scared about how she would be treated. Now she’s doubly terrified. A man living with HIV is hopeful when… Read More
“In our country we are not the priority,” Daisy Cruz says plainly. She is surrounded by other women living with HIV who agree. They share stories that are not often told about the epidemic in Asia and the Pacific. In a region where men living with the virus outnumber women roughly two to one, the issues of women and girls are often overlooked. They are all members of the International Community of… Read More
MANILA, 1 March, 2025. In a powerful demonstration of this year’s Zero Discrimination Day theme “We Stand Together,” communities of people living with HIV, persons with disabilities and key populations convened with government agencies and civil society organizations to validate findings of a national assessment on how discrimination continues to create barriers in accessing HIV services in the Philippines.
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