HIV

Gay sex in Senegal is illegal, but there is the beginnings of a gay rights movement there. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include gay women.

AWL is hitting the road to cover the lives of adolescent girls who have been diagnosed with HIV. But before we go, we want to ask you a few questions.

There’s a lot to celebrate right now in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Mortality rates have been slashed, and for the first time ever, more people are getting treatment than not. But for women and young girls, the news is still grim.

At supervised injection sites, users get clean needles and a booth where they can inject drugs while a nurse watches. The nurse can help with the injection if need be.

Ukraine has one of the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world. One of the main reasons: intravenous drug use. But just outside the capital Kiev, a group is working with police to change their approach toward drug users — to treat addiction as an illness, not a crime.