Archive: 2017

Rita Izsák-Ndiaye It has long been obvious that the general health status of Roma is much worse than that of non-Roma. Surveys have found that European Roma are disproportionately unvaccinated, have poorer-than-average nutrition, and experience higher…

Eszter Kismödi, Karusa Kiragu, Olga Sawicki, Sally Smith, Sophie Brion, Aditi Sharma, Lilian Mworeko, and Alexandrina Iovita Abstract In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a process for validation of the elimination of…

Terry McGovern, Johanna Fine, Carolyn Crisp, and Emily Battistini Abstract To end the growing HIV epidemic among young women, human rights violations must be addressed. The Sustainable Development Goals have the potential to help, but only if…

R. Taylor Williamson, Vivian Fiscian, Ryan Ubuntu Olson, Fred Nana Poku, and Joseph Whittal Abstract People living with HIV and key populations face human rights violations that affect their access to health services, relationships in their…

Carmen H. Logie, Ashley Lacombe-Duncan, Kathleen S. Kenny, Kandasi Levermore, Nicolette Jones, Annecka Marshall, and Peter A. Newman Background The criminalization of same-sex practices constrains HIV prevention for gay, bisexual, and other men who…

Jamie Enoch and Peter Piot Abstract More than 35 years since the HIV/AIDS pandemic began, HIV continues to cause almost two million new infections each year, and the “end of AIDS” by 2030 remains elusive.1 Violations of human rights continue to…