Uganda: Luzira, Gulu Prisoners to Test for HIV

Kampala — PRISONERS and staff of Luzira and Gulu prisons will be counselled and tested for HIV over the next one year, courtesy of the AIDS Information Centre (AIC).

According to an agreement signed on Tuesday, the staff and inmates will be provided with TB prophylaxis, a preventive treatment, to reduce the spread of the disease.

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