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Ugandan Study: Need for Global HEALTH Act Greater Than Ever

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 [...]

Use Your Medical Expertise to Help Persecuted LGBT People Gain Asylum in the US

On Thursday the New York Times reported the alarming and deeply troubling news that Malawi sentenced Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, a gay couple, to 14 years in prison and hard labor. The sentence was handed down as a punishment after the couple decided to throw a party to celebrate their engagement — an event that made [...]

AIDS Funding Update

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 [...]

NY Times: “AIDS War is Falling Apart” – PHR Reacts

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 [...]

Good News on Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Some good news out of Uganda: A few weeks after the US Senate passed a resolution condemning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a special committee in Uganda has recommended the anti-homosexuality bill  be withdrawn from Parliament.
Minister of Local Government Adolf Mwesige, chair of the special committee, called almost all of the clauses in the legislation either unconstitutional [...]

Uganda’s Health Workforce Crisis: A Conversation with Mitterand Kiirya

The health workforce crisis in Uganda is immense. Uganda is reportedly losing at least 1,400 skilled professionals each year, and there are only 29,000 medical personnel in a country of 31 million people. Consequently, the health system is suffering, and most often the blame falls on health workers, as they are on the frontline and [...]

US Must Fulfill Its Promise to Scale Up Global AIDS Programs

The news that health facilities in Uganda have received notification to stop enrolling new patients in PEPFAR programs confirms what we have suspected and reported on since mid 2009 — that the Obama administration is curtailing its commitment to PEPFAR.
Ambassador Goosby’s optimism regarding increased funding in the coming years and the Obama Administration’s commitment to nearly doubling [...]

2200 Strong: Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill—Thanks to You

Over the past 2 months, PHR activists have sent more than 2200 emails to their Senators and Congressperson, urging them to condemn Uganda’s horrific Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
Yesterday, the Senate took a stand. Thanks in part to your advocacy, the Senate passed a resolution (S.R. 409) that not only condemns Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law, but also calls on [...]

Video Spotlights Lives of Four Kenyan Health Workers

We’re just a month away from World Health Day (April 7th) and the official launch of advocacy for the Global HEALTH Act of 2010. So far this month, through this blog you’ve learned about the Global HEALTH Act and gotten some great facts about the health workforce crisis (and how many people are waiting in line [...]

House and Senate Introduce Resolutions to Condemn Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill

House Resolution (H.R.) 1064, which condemns Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, was introduced in the House last week and currently has 39 cosponsors. Representative Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is the primary sponsor of the bill. He is joined by other cosponsors, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), [...]

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