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Julia Berman on
August 12, 2010
Only 37% of Ugandan physicians are satisfied with their jobs and nearly half are at risk of either exiting the health sector or leaving Uganda entirely, according to a study published this year by the International Journal of Health Planning and Management. The study, “Satisfaction, Motivation, and Intent to Stay Among Ugandan Physicians,” is co-authored by [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged agha, Amy Hagopian, brain drain, Emily Bancroft, Global HEALTH Act, Global Health Strategy, health worker shortage, IMF, International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Leland Fellow, malawi, the global health act, Uganda, World Bank
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By
Eric Friedman on
August 8, 2010
Discrimination and the denial of the rights of marginalized populations has been a driving feature of the AIDS pandemic since the disease first surfaced nearly three decades ago. Many have taken valiant steps to combat this discrimination. Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee took a significant step that will further the struggle for equality through [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health
| Tagged office of the us global aids coordinator, ogac, partnership framework agreements, PEPFAR, presidents emergency plan for aids relief, us congress
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By
Paola Barahona on
July 19, 2010
The International AIDS Conference is taking place this week in Vienna, Austria. The theme of the Conference is “Rights Here, Right Now” and a major focus is on the exploding epidemic in nearby Eastern Europe fueled by injecting drug use.
PHR joined with hundreds of other organizations in endorsing The Vienna Declaration — the official declaration of the [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health
| Tagged austria, eastern europe, harm reduction, injecting drug users, international aids conference, Vienna, vienna declaration
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
July 9, 2010
Two years ago, Kamiar Alaei, MD, and Arash Alaei, MD, were arrested in Iran, just as they were preparing to leave for Mexico to present on their innovative harm reduction work at the XVII International AIDS Conference.
On July 18, the world convenes again for the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria — but will be short [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Events, Take Action
| Tagged Drs Arash and Kamiar Alaei, HIV/AIDS, iran, Vienna, XVIII International AIDS Conference
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 11, 2010
Physicians for Human Rights joins numerous international NGOs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders, in supporting United4Iran’s Global Day of Action on June 12, 2010. June 12 events will be occurring in over 70 cities around the world. Go to 12June.org for more information.
June 12 marks the one year anniversary [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Custody, Health
| Tagged 12june.org, AIDS, amnesty international, arash alaei, Doctors Alaei, Drs Arash and Kamiar Alaei, global day of action for iran, hiv, Human RIghts Watch, iran, kamiar alaei, Kamiar and Arash Alaei, Reporters Without Borders, United4Iran
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By
Eric Friedman on
June 7, 2010
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria launched its Round 10 call for proposals on May 20. Round 10 gives countries around the world another opportunity to utilize the Global Fund to support health systems strengthening (HSS) and build health systems that can tackle AIDS, TB, and malaria, as well as provide better [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health
| Tagged AIDS, global fund, Health Systems 20/20, health systems strengthening, health workforce advocacy initiative, HSS, hwai, malaria, Round 10, TB, USAID
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By
Paola Barahona on
June 1, 2010
Recently it was my honor to be a moderator at the Syringe Exchange Victory Celebration in the US Capitol. We celebrated that after 21 years, Congress had finally repealed the ban on federal funding of syringe exchange. The celebration recognized leaders in Congress, honored community advocates, and reminded everyone that there is still work to [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health, Video
| Tagged Barbara Lee, david obey, henry waxman, jim moran, josé serrano, loren sandt, lucille roybal-allard, mike castle, nancy pelosi, public health, steve cohen, syringe exchange, us congress, world hepatitis day
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
May 21, 2010
Want to learn more about the challenges facing the AIDS community right now? Checkout this recent segment from WAMU Radio’s The Diane Rehm Show, “Setback in the Fight Against AIDS“ (May 18), which features global health luminaries and PHR friends:
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH
Stephen Lewis, HAA supporter, Former Special Envoy [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged africa, PEPFAR, peter mugyenyi, Uganda
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
May 20, 2010
On May 10th, The New York Times published a heartrending story on the faltering fight against AIDS in Uganda — a story that has sparked a firestorm of controversy and criticism of the Obama Administration’s global AIDS strategy.
The Times identified a deep funding gap for combating AIDS in Uganda, including a freeze on new funds from [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged africa, AIDS, GHA, Global HEALTH Act, hillary clinton, hiv, new york times, Pat Doust, PEPFAR, peter mugyenyi, Uganda
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By
Eric Williams on
May 5, 2010
For too long the United States had in place a federal law prohibiting those infected with HIV from entering the US — unless special permission was given. Scientific evidence, even calls by sitting and past Surgeon Generals, did nothing to reverse the law.
This situation persisted until early January 2010 when the US government took the [...]
Posted in AIDS, Health
| Tagged china, HIV travel ban, HIV/AIDS
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