Global HIV response found to neglect gay and bisexual men, trans women

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LONDON - Funding to fight HIV among gay and bisexual men and transgender women is a fraction of what it should be, researchers said on Tuesday, with advocates blaming stigma for the shortfall.

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Gay and bisexual men account for about one in five new HIV infections, but they were only allocated 1 percent of the $57 billion in global donor funding to treat the virus and combat its spread between 2016 and 2018, Dutch HIV charity Aidsfonds found.

The fight against HIV/AIDS could be set back by a decade by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted treatment and testing services, the United Nations said earlier this year. "Because of stigma and discrimination, because of social attitudes that are derogatory... all of these things influence the way in which development partners designate resources," said Brian Macharia from the Gay & Lesbian Coalition of Kenya.

About 38 million people worldwide are living with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, according to UNAIDS - the joint United Nations program on HIV and AIDS, a million more than in 2018.

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