Anti-LGBTQ Bill Threatens Uganda’s Progress With HIV, WHO Says
- Most countries have moved to decriminalize HIV transmission
- Local community groups vital in ensuring access to care
Yoweri Museveni
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Ugandan lawmakers’ push for stiffer penalties against homosexuality risks stunting progress made in reducing the spread of HIV in the East African country, the World Health Organization said.
The bill, which includes life-imprisonment and death sentences in certain cases, lists HIV positive offenders among those attracting the harshest punishments. The bill must still be signed by President Yoweri Museveni, a critic of LGBTQ people, to become law.