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☆ Kizza Besigye: Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters —A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on Wednesday. “I request the (government) of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately,” said his wife Winnie Byanyima. A spokesman for the Ugandan military could not be immediately reached for comment. “As police, we don’t have him, so we can’t make any comment,” Ugandan police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke told Reuters. Besigye, who was Museveni’s physician during the guerrilla war but later became an outspoken critic, was kidnapped on Saturday during the launch of a book by veteran Kenyan opposition politician Martha Karua, Byanyima wrote on the social media platform X.

Persons: Kizza Besigye, Yoweri Museveni, “, ”, Winnie Byanyima, Kituuma Rusoke, Martha Karua, Byanyima Organizations: Reuters, Besigye’s Forum, Democratic, UNAIDS, United Nations Locations: Kenya, Uganda, Kampala

☆ Ghana’s parliament passes anti-homosexuality bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( David Mckenzie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Johannesburg CNN —Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a controversial anti-homosexuality bill that has drawn international condemnation. The bill, which was introduced in the parliament in 2021, not only criminalizes LGBTQ relationships, but also those who support LGBTQ rights. The bill in Ghana still needs to be signed off by the country’s president before it becomes law. “Approaches rooted in inclusion of all people have been crucial to Ghana’s progress in the HIV response,” Byanyima said in a statement. “Evidence shows that punitive laws like this bill are a barrier to ending AIDS, and ultimately undermine everyone’s health.”

Persons: “, ”, Sam George, Volker Türk, Winnie Byanyima, ” Byanyima, Byanyima Organizations: Johannesburg CNN —, Twitter, CNN, United Nations Locations: Johannesburg, Africa, Ghana

☆ Un nou medicament antiretroviral...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-10 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +1 min

Un nou medicament, intitulat Cabotegravir, dacă este injectat odată la două luni, protejează contra infecției cu SIDA persoanele care locuiesc în regiuni cu risc ridicat, scrie Playtech.ro. Foto: unsplash.com„Un studiu arată că injecțiile sunt cu 89% mai eficiente în prevenirea HIV în comparație cu pastilele de profilaxie pre-expunere (PrEP) administrate zilnic”, a declarat agenția într-un comunicat. UNAIDS a solicitat de multă vreme măsuri suplimentare de prevenire a HIV, acceptabile și eficiente pentru femei și acest lucru ar putea schimba jocul”, a declarat Winnie Byanyima, directorul executiv al UNAIDS. „Dacă donatorii și țările investesc pentru a distribui PrEP injectabil femeilor care prezintă un risc mai mare de infectare cu HIV, noile infecții ar putea fi reduse drastic”, a continuat oficialul agenției ONU. Testul a fost oprit destul de repede pentru că impactul pozitiv al tratamentului a fost evident imediat.

Persons: UNAIDS, Winnie Organizations: ONU Locations: Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Africa de Sud, Eswatin, Uganda, Zimbabwe

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