Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

Those of us who are working at the Grassroots are faced with the aesthetic and self esteem needs of People   Living With HIV are fascinated by these Lawyer-Medical Field battles. In USA, lawyers have mobilized themselves into a litigation collective to solicit for funds from Big Pharma. They have their arguments, which we shall not go into. Whereas, we also feel it is right to provide support from the excruciating pain of medication we do not necessarily condone litigation. Why not mediation? Why not the all inclusive dialogue approach? The chairs of the HIV Medicine Association and the American Academy of HIV Medicine urge health care advice from clinicians, not lawyers, according to  W. David Hardy and Margaret L. Hoffman-Terry. What’s the deal? Recently, a multimedia advertising campaign promoting lawsuits for safety issues related to  Truvada (TDF/FTC)  has been launched. These advertisements are looking for people living w...

Distributed denial of opportunities to access (DIDOTA) quality of life improving services (QOLIS) comes in many ways. Not only does discrimination, stigma, elitism, moralizing HIV Treatment Services and intolerance obstruct access to HIV Treatment Services (HTS ) for LGBTIQQ and Sex Workers but it fuels bias, denial of opportunities and impunity. This results in negative achievement of UNAIDS 95:95:95 by 2030 goal. It is within this context that one should understand the traumas faced by those denied services. These traumas fuel aggression, destruction and abuses of different kinds. Uganda has developed very robust structures for containing HIV most especially within the Heteronormative population groups because of these populations’ seemingly valorized way of life. However, there is need to involve LGBTIQQ and Sex Workers by  adopting an unconditional positive regard (UPR) which does not "demonize". This will make way for them to  participate in mecha...