Uganda’s effort to fight the ravages of HIV/AIDS has been hurled into the Dark Ages with its draconian anti-gay law. We look at how it affects PEPFAR and the LGBTQ+ community there.
Also in today’s edition: How to get back on track after COVID-19 hobbled global education. Plus, we explain how faddish weight-loss drugs are also in demand by doctors in lower-income nations.
Uganda’s anti-gay law is brutal. And while the East African nation is by no means the only country to introduce such harsh policy, its new hardline law is now threatening very real gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, which had ravaged its population.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
