Anti-homosexual legislation and HIV-related stigma in African nations: what has been the role of PEPFAR?

摘要: ABSTRACTBackground: Gay men and other who have sex with are disproportionately burdened by HIV infection. Laws that penalize same-sex intercourse contribute to a cycle of stigma, homonegativity discrimination. In many African nations, laws criminalizing homosexuality may be fueling the epidemic, as they dissuade key populations from seeking treatment health care providers offering it.Objectives: We analyzed ways in which policies practices US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program addressed pervasively harsh anti-homosexuality across Africa. Given aim PEPFAR reduce stigma surrounding HIV, we explored how used its influence criminalization countries where it operated.Methods: assessed 21 funding sought epidemic. examined Policy Framework agreements associated those countries, ...