Health care access

Dispatches: Suing Uganda for ‘Brain Drain’

Feb 6, 2015
West Africa: Respect Rights in Ebola Response

Sep 15, 2014

West African governments should ensure rights protections as a crucial element in controlling the unprecedented Ebola epidemic ravaging the region. Human Rights Watch expressed its sympathy to the families, friends, and colleagues of those who have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak, and recognized the courage of many health workers and others in caring for the sick.

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In Harm's Way

State Response to Sex Workers, Drug Users and HIV in New Orleans
Hostages of the Gatekeepers

Abuses against Internally Displaced in Mogadishu, Somalia
Sex Workers at Risk

Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in Four US Cities

Health care access

Doors Open for Mississippians with HIV/AIDS

Feb 10, 2015

In a move that will benefit those living with HIV and AIDS in Mississippi, the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has decided to overhaul the state’s federally funded program meant to provide housing to people with AIDS. This comes roughly four years after Human Rights Watch released a report that criticized Mississippi’s limited, incomplete, and disorganized operation of a program that serves as a lifeline for thousands of Mississippians living with HIV.
Dispatches: Suing Uganda for ‘Brain Drain’

Feb 6, 2015
People with Disabilities Must Be Counted in the Fight Against HIV

Nov 28, 2014
Letter to His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Qasem Al-Ansi: Refusal of Health Care to Patients with HIV

Nov 3, 2014
West Africa: Respect Rights in Ebola Response

Sep 15, 2014

West African governments should ensure rights protections as a crucial element in controlling the unprecedented Ebola epidemic ravaging the region. Human Rights Watch expressed its sympathy to the families, friends, and colleagues of those who have died as a result of the Ebola outbreak, and recognized the courage of many health workers and others in caring for the sick.
Dispatches: Another Step Back for Uganda’s HIV Fight

Sep 9, 2014
Unraveling The Myth: People with Disabilities Do It Too

Jul 31, 2014
When It Comes to Stopping HIV, There Is No Silver Bullet

Jul 24, 2014

Recent attention has focused on innovative medical developments that could dramatically reduce the number of new HIV infections. But ensuring access to health care and medication so that people can benefit from these developments is equally important.
For Struggling Veterans, No Time to Waste

Jul 18, 2014
Zambia: People With Disabilities Left Behind in HIV Response

Jul 15, 2014

(Lusaka) – The nearly two million people with disabilities in Zambia face significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While the Zambian government has made significant progress scaling up its response to HIV generally, few programs are accessible to people with disabilities and social stigma prevents their access to HIV services on an equal basis with others.

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