Day 5: 16 Days of Activism

Message 6:

English

Services such as healthcare are not only inefficient but also not appropriate especially for women living with HIV. Call on your leaders and government to act NOW.

Kinyarwanda

Hamwe no kuba imiti idahagije, hari no kuba idakwiriye cyane cyane ku bategarugori bafite ubwandu bwa SIDA. Saba abayobozi na guverinoma kubyitabira UBU.

Swahili

Huduma kama vile afya zimekuwa si tu hazina ufanisi bali pia haziendani na zile zinazotakiwa kwa wanawake wanaoishi na VVU. Wahimize viongozi wako na serikali kushughulikia hilo sasa.

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This photo shows paints a picture of a regular day at Mulago Hospital’s maternity ward. The hospital is not only under staffed, it also does not have enough beds for mothers and their newborns. Photo by Milln

For example, when a woman is raped, in most cases she is treated as just a rape victim and normally not given the much-needed Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP); women living with HIV queue in hospitals for long hours. Service providers and employers stigmatize and discriminate against women living with HIV.