Shelves go dry, services collapse, anti-rights forces surge and deepen the crises
The sudden withdrawal of US funding has disrupted HIV, reproductive health and community-based services in Kenya, leaving medicine shelves empty and contributing to rising pregnancies, unsafe abortions and HIV infections. As anti-rights groups exploit the resulting gaps, health leaders call for stronger government systems, integrated care, domestic funding, digital health solutions and rights-based services to protect vulnerable communities and keep the global AIDS response on track
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Shifting Power to the People: The Historic Promise of Women Deliver 2026
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Progress at CSW70 despite increasing pushbacks against gender equality
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APCAT Summit unites local governments to save lives from tobacco, TB, AMR and NCDs
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Amidst anti-gender push, hope pins on ICFP 2025 to shift gears towards SRHRJ for all
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Exploring the Role of Metabolic Psychiatry in Understanding Mental Health Disorders
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NCD and mental health campaign in one of the urbanized community in central Nepal
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The Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Epigenetics in Controlling Seizures
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