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The eviction of 31 families affected by HIV/AIDS from the inner-city community of Borei Keila in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, raises serious discrimination, health and other human rights issues. Twenty of the families were banished to a de facto AIDS colony created by the government on the city outskirts, where they were given grossly sub-standard housing, on June 18. Three days later, the remaining... |
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At the 2006 United Nations (UN) General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, Member States agreed to work towards the goal of “universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support” by 2010. As a result countries around the world revised their national strategic plans guiding the response to the epidemic and set indicators and targets to track progress towards... |
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Nine HIV and AIDS NGO Networks say treatment cost, discrimination and stigma, human rights abuses, and inadequate sector funding are compromising HIV and AIDS response efforts. As the world marks World AIDS Day, Cambodian civil society organizations working on HIV and AIDS have expressed concern that Cambodia may not reach its Millennium Development Goal 6 targets by 2015, despite the success... |
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As Cambodia marks World AIDS Day 2010, HIV infection rates are now at an estimated 0.7% of the population1 and over 90% of all adults living with HIV receive antiretroviral treatment (ART).2 A testament to what can be achieved with strong leadership, political commitment and cooperation and engagement from all stakeholders these gains were recently recognized with the presentation of a United Nations... |
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Even though Cambodia has achieved much in its HIV response, there are still persistently high infection rates among most-at-risk population groups (MARP), which include sex workers (SW; known as entertainment workers [EW]), men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender people (TG) and injecting drug users (IDU). Furthermore, people living with HIV (PLHIV) continue to face huge barriers to adequate treatment,... |
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