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World Service,4 mins

Uganda LGBTQ law threatens HIV/AIDS progress

Focus on Africa

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Uganda's progress in tackling HIV is in "grave jeopardy" after the president approved tough new anti-homosexuality legislation, the UN and US have warned. The BBC’s Hassan Arouni spoke to the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, about the impact this law could have. (Photo: Lubrication, condoms, and PrEP are given to a transgender sex worker at a LGBTQ sympathetic clinic in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: Luke Dray/Getty Images)

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