World of Politics

Hungary exploits emergency powers to ban trans people from legally changing gender

Hungary has published a bill that would make it impossible for people to legally change their gender. The government made the move on International Transgender Day of Visibility. It came just a day after Hungary’s parliament voted the government sweeping emergency powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Thailand hospitals to provide three- to six-month supplies of antiretroviral therapy

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Hospitals in Thailand are to dispense antiretroviral therapy in three- to six-month doses in order to prevent people living with HIV from running out of medicines and to reduce their need to access the health system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UNAIDS: Addressing Coronavirus in African Countries With High HIV Rates: An Interview With UNAIDS Head Winnie Byanyima

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TheBodyPro worked with Mworeko and Raphael to come up with questions for Byanyima, who did this interview—her first full-length conversation since COVID-19 started—from her Geneva apartment during a chaotic week that saw the office shifting to “tele-working” and the news shifting every day.