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'''OVERVIEW'''  
'''OVERVIEW'''  


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* [http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/honduras UNAIDS Honduras]
* [http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/honduras UNAIDS Honduras]
* [https://www.who.int/hiv/HIVCP_HND.pdf World Health Organization (WHO) - Information on HIV/AIDS in Honduras]
* [https://www.who.int/hiv/HIVCP_HND.pdf World Health Organization (WHO) - Information on HIV/AIDS in Honduras]
* [http://www.siempreunidos.org/ Siempre Unidos]: They provide HIV testing, treatment, social support, education, and advocacy. The organization is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras and partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health. Email: info@siempreunidos.org
* [http://www.siempreunidos.org/ Siempre Unidos]: They provide HIV testing, treatment, free meals, support groups, home visits, education, and advocacy. The organization is considered a supportive, stigma-free space for many people.<ref>[https://www.directrelief.org/2019/10/marginalized-hondurans-find-supportive-care-and-friendships-at-a-local-clinic/ Marginalized Hondurans Find Supportive Care – and Friendships – at a Local Clinic]</ref> It is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras and partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health. Email: info@siempreunidos.org
* [https://www.projecthope.org/honduras/ Project Hope]: They do work to help people struggling with disasters and health crises, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and other infections and diseases.
* [https://www.projecthope.org/honduras/ Project Hope]: They do work to help people struggling with disasters and health crises, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes, and other infections and diseases.
* [https://www.unfpa.org/news/voices-women-living-hivaids-honduras UNFPA Report: Voices of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras]
* [https://www.unfpa.org/news/voices-women-living-hivaids-honduras UNFPA Report: Voices of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras]
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===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===
* [http://www.siempreunidos.org/ Siempre Unidos]: They provide HIV testing, treatment, free meals, support groups, home visits, education, and advocacy. The organization is considered a supportive, stigma-free space for many people.<ref>[https://www.directrelief.org/2019/10/marginalized-hondurans-find-supportive-care-and-friendships-at-a-local-clinic/ Marginalized Hondurans Find Supportive Care – and Friendships – at a Local Clinic]</ref> It is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras and partnered with the Honduran Ministry of Health. Email: info@siempreunidos.org


===Costs===
===Costs===
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One warning about hotlines: There are anti-abortion hotlines that try to trick people into thinking they are calling pro-choice hotlines (which often advertise services in newspapers).  
One warning about hotlines: There are anti-abortion hotlines that try to trick people into thinking they are calling pro-choice hotlines (which often advertise services in newspapers).  


It is important to understand that women die every year in Honduras due to complications from abortion procedures. The underground network of providers does have the regulations of legal networks, so women sometimes have abortions in unsafe conditions.<ref>[https://www.iwmf.org/reporting/the-informal-networks-resisting-hondurass-abortion-ban/ The informal networks resisting Honduras’s abortion ban]</ref>
It is important to understand that women die every year in Honduras due to complications from abortion procedures. The underground network of providers does not have the regulations of legal networks, so women sometimes have abortions in unsafe conditions.<ref>[https://www.iwmf.org/reporting/the-informal-networks-resisting-hondurass-abortion-ban/ The informal networks resisting Honduras’s abortion ban]</ref>


===What to Get & Where to Get It===
===What to Get & Where to Get It===

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