Mozambique: A New Chapter in AIDS Response
The Global Fund, 6 July 2015 - "Mozambique decriminalized its homosexuality laws last week. Until then, the country’s old, colonial penal code – in what it termed as “vices against nature” – had made same-sex relations a crime. A new penal code now removes those prejudiced words and legal barriers to same-sex relations. (By Mark Dybul)
In the HIV response in Mozambique, this is fundamental. The new penal code presents significant prospects in responding to the disease in the country. Laws that discriminate against men who have sex with men and other minorities continue to fuel the spread of the epidemic in many places around the world. Globally, men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to be living with HIV than the general population."
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