Father x2/ Physician/ Epidemiologist/ Health & Human Rights. Currently: Key Populations, HIV, Hepatitis and STIs @WHO. Views and tweets are my own 🏳️🌈🇱🇻
Congratulations to our colleague Antons Mozalevskis @rixwolff from @WHO Dept for HIV,TB, Hep & STIs - for his powerful & passionate intervention on combating stigma & discrimination to #EndAIDS at UN Multi-Stakeholder Hearing for 2026 HIV/AIDS HLM.
https://t.co/99WJQDhHPI
#Senegal’s anti-LGBT bill that imposes up to 10 years in prison for consensual same-sex relations violates human rights and puts people at risk of violence. I call on the President not to sign it.
Love and identity should never be criminalised.
➡️ https://t.co/gD7bQAyJ5N
In 2023, I visited Ashaiman Polyclinic in Ghana – a champion stigma-free facility showing that respectful, person-centred care for people affected by #HIV, #TB, #Hepatitis & #STIs is achievable.
Read more: https://t.co/YFlXL5s1DE
#ZeroDiscriminationDay#HealthForAll
#ZeroDiscriminationDay: People living with/affected by #HIV, #TB, #Hepatitis & #STIs have a right to respectful, stigma-free care. @WHO calls on countries to end stigma in facilities&communities & invest in community-led, equitable, high-quality services incl. for key populations
OTD 35 years ago, 14 unarmed defenders of Lithuanian independence were murdered by Soviet forces.
Then and now, on the Day of the Defenders of Freedom, the Latvian people stand with our Lithuanian brothers and sisters in defending our liberty and homeland 🇱🇹🇱🇻.
As Latvia celebrates the 107th Anniversary of Independence we send our greetings to all our friends around the world and we thank all of you for your support and friendship 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
📰 Check out the new #JIAS supplement, “Person-centred HIV prevention: supporting people vulnerable to #HIV acquisition through tailored programming, service delivery and prevention products”! #PCC#Prevention
https://t.co/SkEgEf4Qhf
Today, the UN family mourns the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall.
The scientist, conservationist and UN Messenger of Peace worked tirelessly for our planet and all its inhabitants, leaving an extraordinary legacy for humanity and nature.
On September 18-19, a Workshop on the Presentation and Discussion of the Results of the Biobehavioral Study (#IBBS) among men who have sex with men was held in Kyiv and online, the field stage of which took place in 10 cities of Ukraine at the end of 2024.
https://t.co/sLJswfu5Gf
Rwanda 🇷🇼 is on track to eliminate hepatitis C
Over 7 million people aged 15 years and older tested for hepatitis C & 60 000 treated.
Read more about Rwanda’s success story👉https://t.co/lDc62MP1mc.
#WorldHepatitisDay
This #FathersDay, we’re celebrating all the dads showing that caregiving has no gender 🧡
Fathers play a key role in challenging traditional norms by sharing the care, chores and joy of raising kids 🙌
See how men can advocate for #GenderEquality: https://t.co/s3YbMu4pTv
A historic day for #Latvia ! For the first time ever, 🇱🇻 has been elected to the @UN Security Council.
We are honoured by the trust placed in us and ready to take on this responsibility to defend the rules-based international order.
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With #AIDS2026 just four years before the 2030 deadline for global targets, the #HIV response hangs in the balance. An evidence-based, resilient, fully funded HIV response requires us to rethink, rebuild and rise.
https://t.co/B1Rgz7yGf1