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Bridging the Gaps: an international HIV programme on health and rights for LGBT people, sex workers and people who use drugs . Sex workers , lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and people who use drugs are typically 10 to 20 times more likely to become infected by HIV while only 8% have access to HIV services. The denial of human rights has a negative impact on their health. Our mission is to achieve universal access to HIV/STI prevention, treatment, care and support for sex workers, LGBT people and people who use drugs. In our approach we want to create added value by focusing simultaneously on all three key populations and on the crossovers between them in one single programme. Moreover, we link human rights and health as well as community level work with global advocacy. The alliance brings together nine organisations Aids Fonds, AFEW, COC, Mainline, GNP+, INPUD, ITPC, MSMGF and NSWP, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and almost 100 implementing organisations. Bridging the Gaps is one of the biggest programmes of its kind that works with and for the health and rights of key populations. The Bridging the Gaps alliance hosts a diverse group of organisations and our shared Theory of Change captures our joint ambitions and plans as well as our shared commitment to achieve these goals. To protect the rights of key populations, our interrelated long term goals are: • a strengthened civil society that holds governments to account; • an increased fulfilment of the human rights of key populations; and • improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and fewer HIV transmissions. We plan to implement the work in the following countries: Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Myanmar, Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, Uganda. Background: Key populations (sex workers, PWUD and LGBT people) are still hit hard and disproportionately by HIV, with a million new infections a year – that’s half the total worldwide. It is often difficult for key populations to have control over the risks they face because they have to deal with a toxic mix of legal, political and social factors which institutionalise stigma and social exclusion. As long as policies are not rights-based and key populations are criminalised, barriers to HIV services will remain and we will not reach the global target of zero new HIV transmissions by 2030. Initial situation: Sex workers , lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and people who use drugs are typically 10 to 20 times more likely to become infected by HIV while only 8% have access to HIV services. The denial of human rights has a negative impact on their health.
more_horizSTD control including HIV/AIDS
Human rights
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands | Government | Funding |
COC Netherlands | International NGO | Implementing |
Mainline | International NGO | Implementing |
NSWP | International NGO | Implementing |
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) | International NGO | Implementing |
MSMGF | International NGO | Implementing |
Aids Foundation East West | International NGO | Implementing |
GNP+ (Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS) | International NGO | Implementing |
Aids Fonds | International NGO | Accountable |
Aids Fonds | International NGO | Implementing |
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