Maurine Murenga's father knew that he was dying of tuberculosis, but with no way of getting the treatment that could have saved him, there was little he could do.

"There is nothing sadder than sitting there, waiting for someone to die," Maurine quietly told a group of parliamentarians in London...

If the recent furore over frankly rather spiteful comments about transgender women by high profile journalists Suzanne Moore and Julie Burchill has shown us anything, it's that we still have a very long way to go before transgender women are able to live free from fear and discrimination.

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With just one week to go before World AIDS Day, the fact that the Ugandan government is poised to pass its notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill would be ironic if it wasn't so tragic. If passed, the bill - which would see any person alleged to be homosexual at risk of life...

Every two years the International AIDS Conference rolls around and every two years I always start the week by referring to it as a bit of a jamboree. This year we've heard how Elton John believes that he should be dead from AIDS by now alongside his friend Freddie Mercury....

Every year, over 350,000 women die from pregnancy-related complications. If every woman on the planet had equal access to family planning and safe motherhood services, one in four of these women's lives could be saved. Equally important is the burden that HIV causes on women and girls globally. Some 17...