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Is the Philippines' 'war on drugs' fuelling an HIV epidemic?


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By David Doyle CEBU, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Rosita leaves Jose's small office in downtown Cebu in the central Philippines, he passes her a handful of biscuits and six clean needles. Amidst Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs - in which nearly 3,000 people have been killed, according to police - it is safer to be anonymous. Clean needles have been distributed in Cebu City for years, sometimes illegally, in order to prevent the spread of HIV.

 

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