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AIDS08: Peter Piot on Human Rights and HIV/AIDS
By: AIDS 08 Conference
Posted: Aug 21 08
Witnessed: 2617 veces
Regions: Global, Mexico
Issues: HIV-AIDS, LGBTQ, Sexual rights
Tags: aids, harm reduction, hiv, LGBT, méxico, msm, Now more than ever, Peter Piot, sex workers, unaids
Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on why a human rights approach is not the best approach as well from a policy and effectiveness perspective, and on why countries that criminalize homosexuality, harm reduction or sex workers are doing worse in combating HIV/AIDS.
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