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The Dual Crisis: HIV and
Human Rights:
Journalism’s Role in the Fight Against
Stigma and Discrimination
20th International AIDS Conference 2014
Melbourne, Australia
21 July
Richard Burzynski, UNAIDS
Zero new HIV infections.
Zero discrimination.
Zero AIDS-related deaths.
UNAIDS Gap Report 2014
“There will be no ending AIDS without putting people first.”
- Michel Sidibé
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Young women
Pregnant women
Children
Prisoners
Injecting drug users
Person living with disabilities
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Migrants
Displaced people
People over 50
Sex Workers
Transgender persons
Gay men and other men who
have sex with men
UNAIDS Gap Report 2014
• Globally, an estimated 19% of transgender women are
living with HIV.
• Globally, the chance of acquiring HIV is 49 times higher
for transgender women than all adults of reproductive
age.
• Estimates suggest that the transgender population could
be between 0.1% and 1.1% of reproductive age adults.
UNAIDS Gap Report 2014
• Worldwide, gay men and other men who have sex with
men are 19 times more likely to be living with HIV than
the general population.
• The median HIV prevalence among gay men and other
men who have sex with men is 19% in western and
central Africa and 13% in eastern and southern Africa.
• Gay men and other men who have sex with men often
acquire HIV while quite young—HIV prevalence is about
4.2% for young (under 25 years) gay men and other men
who have sex with men.
UNAIDS Gap Report 2014: Sex Workers
• In 110 countries, HIV prevalence is on average twelve
times higher among sex workers than for the general
population (15–49 years), with prevalence at least 50fold higher in four countries.
• Nigeria and Ghana, HIV prevalence among sex workers
is 8-fold higher than for the rest of the population.
• HIV prevalence among male sex workers, reported from
27 countries, was 14%.
Why they are being left behind
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Family rejection and violation of the right to
education and employment
Violence, criminalization, and transphobia
Lack of recognition of gender identity
Discrimination in health systems
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Violence
Criminalization, stigma, discrimination,
and social exclusion
Poor access to HIV and other health
services
Inadequate investments
How to close the Gap
Recognition of
rights and
freedom from
violence
Strengthening
community
systems and
leadership
Access to quality,
discriminationfree health
services
Better research
and data
collection
Protective social
and legal
environments,
including
decriminalization