Uganda: Why Is HIV-Related Stigma Still Rife in Uganda?

More than three decades since the first case of HIV was diagnosed in Uganda, it is inexcusable that stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV still rear their ugly heads among us.

In one way or another, many Ugandans have either been infected or affected by the disease. Despite this, we continue to fail, judge and ridicule our mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and colleagues: the more than 1.4 million people living with HIV.

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