Photo series - GILEAD: HIV Support Grants

Empowering women and PLHIV in rural India

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India is a country with diversified culture and social systems, but it is still gripples with taboos and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. The fight against HIV, particularly in rural areas, becomes more pronounced because of stigma and discrimination, resulting in poor access to healthcare and other livelihood services. In rural areas, women with HIV are often accused of moral corruption as many believe that HIV is a disease associated with sex workers and truck drivers. With most of them having little education and seldom having jobs, these women face many socio-economic challenges.

Sexual health education with the youth community in Hong Kong

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In Hong Kong, the high HIV and STI prevalence among the youth population points to the lack of and poor sex education in schools. With that in mind, AIDS Concern Hong Kong launched a prevention and education project in 2019, aiming to equip vulnerable youths with the right knowledge, skills and attitude to tackle HIV and STIs. To optimize reach, AIDS Concern also adopted a youth-friendly approach with a social media outreach campaign.

On the ground with The Good Living Project

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The Good Living project brings a series of folk-art performances to 40 remote communes of Dien Bien – a mountainous province in Northern Vietnam, to improve the lives of ethnic minorities affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as their access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services.

Welcome to Rainbow Queer Cultural Center of Health

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The Rainbow Queer Cultural Center of Health, based in Taipei, Taiwan, dishes on events organized in 2019, and services and facilities it has to offer.