HIV patients in Senegal skip treatment, fearing arrest amid anti-LGBTQ crackdown (opens in new tab)

Fewer patients are visiting some HIV treatment centres in Senegal amid a wave of arrests targeting LGBTQ people, according to health officials and government data seen by Reuters, threatening the country’s fight against the virus. Last month, Senegal, where homosexuality is illegal, doubled the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and […] The post HIV patients in Senegal skip treatment, fearing arrest amid anti-LGBTQ crackdown appeared first on OODAloop.