‘HIV risk rises as climate disasters push African women to sell sex’

Writing in The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s The Context, Nita Balla brings the human stories of one of the key pathways in which climate change is increasing the spread of HIV. The article builds upon the conceptual framework build by Propelevate for FrontlineAIDS.

Propelevate’s work helping Frontline AIDS better understand how climate change affects HIV has been featured in the Lancet. We spoke to Frontline AIDS’ frontline partners around the world about their experience, we reviewed existing literature and we spoke to climate/health experts.

Investing in renewable energy, such as solar, wind and hydro, is one way to reduce pollution and improve air quality, while at the same time supporting gender equity.