#HIV is NOT a crime❗ 🔺 #HIV decriminalisation is possible even in challenging political environments @edwinjbernard.bsky.social 🔺 Discrimination is very costly for health & economically Baroness L Barker @appghiv.bsky.social 🔺 Peer support is a lifeline & needs to be funded @stracs.bsky.social

This excellent overview summarises the devastatingly cruel impact so far of the new US administration on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. i-base.info/htb/50142

New research launched now at #FCAA, prior to last week's US suspension of PEPFAR funding: only 2.5% of HIV funding benefited key populations. The future looks bleak.

At the #FCAA Global HIV Philanthropy Summit in Washington DC. Knowledge=Power, Silence=Death.

These figures only scratch the surface, as media-reported cases represent a fraction of the actual global burden of HIV-related criminal cases per year.