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Uganda: Uganda Fails to Keep Up With Demand for HIV Drugs
Key Correspondents, 20 October 2014
Despite a remarkable increase in access to HIV treatment over the last decade, the number of people in need of antiretroviral drugs in Uganda continues to outpace the response. Read more »
Uganda Fails to Meet Demand for HIV Drugs
According to a report released by the Uganda Aids Commission, the number of people in need of anti-retroviral drugs in the country are more than what is being provided.
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Uganda: People, Treatment Will Deliver Aids-Free Generation
Observer, 16 October 2014
According to the World Health Organisation, the HIV pandemic remains a major public health challenge, with at least 34 million people living with the disease worldwide. Read more »
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Uganda: Huge Drug Firms Leave Poor Traders in the Cold
Observer, 14 October 2014
In the middle of 2011, Kenny Silas Soloci, a pastor and founder of Elim church in Busia district, came down with back pain that lasted more than four months. Read more »
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Uganda: Gains and Gaps in Ugandan HIV Treatment
UNIRIN, 10 October 2014
Over the past three years Uganda has succeeded in more than doubling the number of eligible children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). Paediatric HIV infections, meanwhile,… Read more »
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Uganda: Demand for ARVs Still Outpaces Supply
Observer, 19 September 2014
Despite a remarkable increase in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) between 2003 and 2009, the number of people in need of the drugs continues to outpace the response. Read more »
InFocus
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Efforts by the government to ensure HIV positive children from island communities access treatment are being hindered by the migration of their parents who are fishermen. Read more »
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HIV/AIDS activists are adamant that Uganda will not achieve an "AIDS-free generation" now that a "backwards" HIV and Aids Bill criminalising the "wilful and intentional" ... Read more »
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According to a report by the Aids Support Organisation, HIV-positive men who are not open to knowing their status are stealing antiretroviral medication from their partners. Read more »
