HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

Andrew Tendo, 31, a medical clinic officer sits at his working station at the Ice Breakers Uganda (IBU) clinic in Makindye that supports HIV/AIDS programmes and treatment for the LGBTQ community in Salaama road, Kampala, Uganda June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The HIV/AIDS treatment centre in Kampala is almost empty, days after Uganda enacted one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on Earth.

The usual daily influx of around 50 patients has all but dried up, say staff. Antiretroviral drugs pile up unused.