@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Using a homophobic slur to express your contempt for their behavior is not acceptable. Fix it and do better.

populations. What this crisis demands is a better alternative to PEPFAR and it's long standing restrictions and handcuffs that are being placed on delivering life saving care for key populations and it must be an immediate priority.

stigma and discrimination from health care workers or other staff that will ensure they never return to the clinic if they were even brave enough to go in the first place. We are already seeing country Ministry of Health guidance going out that is devoid of any language supporting services for key

particularly our transgender communities. Country governments have no incentive to include them and PEPFAR's new approach to HIV treatment and care services for all populations carries no way to enforce/ ensure this. Those that do try to access services will be arrested, or they will face extreme

I applaud this well thought out article BUT it is disappointing. The authors fail to explicitly state that under the current USG administration's 2 gender policy as well as it war on DEI (which they think is the same as health equity) there is no protected way for key populations to receive services