Uganda finds new ways to save lives in the wake of U.S. aid cuts : Goats and Soda : NPR

A young woman sits on a plastic chair in a concrete courtyard, flanked by faded blue wooden doors. It's late afternoon, and most of the narrow doors of two dark, stucco buildings are closed. Until rush hour and the night.

Pressing bright pink fingernails together, the sex worker at this brothel talks about her fear of contracting HIV now that U.S. government funds for preventive medications have been slashed and condoms are scarce. She is one of many Ugandan women increasingly without such protection, including young girls from rural areas trafficked into prostitution as well as women who face gender violence or are unsure of their partners' fidelity.

"Nowadays, we see women, they're facing a problem, a challenge of: 'Do you just go without any protection?' I'm seeing that many, many p