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ABSTRACT HIV continues to be a major global public health issue. In 2020, an estimated 37.7 million people were living with HIV (including 1.7 million children), with a global HIV prevalence of 0.7% among adults. Around 16% of these people (6.1 million) do not know that they have the virus.   Since the start of the epidemic, an estimated 79.3 million people have become infected with HIV and 36.3 million people have died of AIDS-related illnesses. In 2020, 680,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses. This number has reduced by around 64% since the peak of 1.9 million in 2004 and 1.3 million in 2010. The vast majority of people living with HIV are located in low- and middle- income countries. East and Southern Africa remain the region most affected by HIV in the world, with 20.6 million people living with HIV and 670,000 new HIV infections in 2020. The WHO African region remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (3.6%) living with HIV and accounting for mor...

The unending armed conflict in the two English speaking regions of Cameroon has been marked by a clear increase in the complexity of the situation faced by the victims of the atrocities perpetrated in several villages by the warrying parties. People who are forced to leave their homes and communities, whether running for their lives or needing to find a better one, face uncertainty and potential persecution.   As a journalist, I witnessed the disturbing evolution of the conflict in the most remote and impoverished areas, where peace never arrived and its inhabitants face with uncertainty, a security situation that has in many cases deteriorated seriously. “Peace? In my Division, the so called" relative calm" has even gotten worse than the conflict.” A victim of violence told this reporter some weeks ago. Sadly, this reporter happens to understand this feeling, haven lived the crisis for over 6 years. Despite the widespread belief that the war in the two English speak...

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It is the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the  Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document, which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Celebrated this year under the theme : EQUALITY-Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights , this year’s Human Rights Day theme relates to 'Equality' and Article 1 of the UDHR states that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”   The principles of equality and non-discrimination are at the heart of human rights. Equality is aligned with the 2030 Agenda and with the UN approach set out in the document Shared Framework on Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the ...