HIV Rate Back on the Rise in Uganda
The rising number of new infections now estimated at 130,000 per year has pushed Uganda's HIV prevalence rate up from 6.4 percent in 2005 to 7.3 percent last year. A country that was once a star of the international Aids community is now moving backwards.
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Uganda:
I Sacrificed a Clinic to Save Lives
New Vision, 15 October 2012
I closed down my clinic in Bweyogerere and sold all the medicine and other items to save lives in Kawempe. This was after seeing a large number of HIV positive patients visiting a… Read more »
HIV prevalence by age
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Uganda:
HIV Rate Back On the Rise
ThinkAfricaPress, 12 October 2012
HIV is on the rise in Uganda and officials are pointing the finger at people like Margaret Kintu, who tested positive two years ago. Read more »
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Uganda:
Information Centre on HIV/Aids in the Offing
New Vision, 7 October 2012
Plans are underway to establish a national data and information centre on HIV/AIDS, the chairperson of the Uganda AIDS Commission Prof. Vinand Nantulya has said. Read more »
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Uganda:
Aids Puzzle Not as Easy as ABC
Observer, 7 October 2012
One of the success stories that Uganda has enjoyed in its 50 years of self-rule is the successful war it waged against HIV and Aids at the turn of the 20th century. Read more »
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Uganda:
U.S. Gives Uganda 27 Billion to Fight HIV/Aids
New Vision, 27 September 2012
Three Ugandan organisations fighting HIV/Aids have received a total of US$10.75m (sh27b) from US President Barack Obama. Read more »
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Uganda:
HIV Tops Gulu Hospital Deaths
Observer, 27 September 2012
While antiretroviral therapy (ART) is key to fighting HIV-related deaths, many people in Gulu continue to be claimed by HIV/Aids because they either don't take medication, fail to… Read more »
