Posts tagged COVID-19
Burundi's Election Must Be Postponed
Burundi's Election Must Be Postponed

May 15, 2020: It is not possible to hold a free and fair election without international monitors in the midst of rampant and worsening violence while an unchecked pandemic sickens many more Burundians than the government is willing to admit, write Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis in a new statement. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)

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StatementAFW CommsBurundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual abuse, Election, Human Rights, Evariste Ndayishimiye, WHO, East African Community, COVID-19, Commission of Inquiry, COI
An Appeal to UNAIDS to Seize Leadership in the COVID-19 Crisis
An Appeal to UNAIDS to Seize Leadership in the COVID-19 Crisis

In a new statement, AIDS-Free World urges the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to provide more than reassurance to people living with and affected by HIV and TB during the COVID-19 crisis. UNAIDS must offer uncompromising leadership, correct information as it develops, tangible action, and clear communication.

(Photo credit / Thorkild Tylleskar / CC BY-SA)

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AFW CommsHIV/AIDS, COVID-19, UNAIDS, WHO