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Mobilizing COVID-19 relief for transgender sex workers in Guyana and Suriname

Source: https://www.unaids.org 02 JUNE 2020 Twinkle Paule, a transgender activist, migrated from Guyana to the United States of America two years ago. As the COVID-19 crisis deepened, she thought of her “sisters” back home and in neighbouring Suriname. For many of...
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Stop TB Partnership and Johnson & Johnson, with support fromUSAID and The Global Fund, Announce Price Reduction for bedaquiline for Treatment of DR-TB in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Source: http://www.stoptb.org Joint efforts aim to accelerate scale-up of WHO-recommended all-oral treatment regimens – a transition urgently needed to help protect the health of people with drug resistant-tuberculosis who are particularly vulnerable during COVID-19...
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Continued availability and affordability of life-saving tools critical to avoid doubling of malaria deaths this year and win global fight against the disease

Source: https://endmalaria.org Geneva, 19 June 2020 — In conjunction with the annual Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Suppliers Forum convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria is calling on governments, manufacturers...
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UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course

Source: https://www.unaids.org Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world was on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or...
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