After the Ugandan parliament enacted a controversial anti-gay law, HIV/AIDS treatment centers have seen a significant drop in patients, with about 50 patients not showing up daily. The new law makes gay sex punishable by life in prison and aggravated homosexuality, including the transmission of HIV, punishable by death. This is causing vulnerable people to stay away from treatment centers for fear of being identified and arrested under the new laws. As a result, new waves of HIV infections are forming. The Ugandan bill toughened up an existing British colonial-era law under which gay sex was already illegal.

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