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Uganda: Activists Fear 'Nonsensical' HIV Law Increases Child Infections
Key Correspondents, 23 October 2014
Medical experts and HIV activists fear Uganda's HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act is having the opposite effect and causing people to shy away from seeking treatment. Read more »
Ugandan Activists Concerned Over HIV Law
Medical experts and HIV activists have expressed concern over the Uganda HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act which is causing people to shy away from seeking treatment. The Act contains clauses which permit medical workers to reveal the status of HIV positive people without their consent.
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Uganda: Limited Support for Key Populations Undermines Ugandan HIV Control
UNIRIN, 16 October 2014
Uganda's HIV/AIDS control efforts have been undermined by a lack of consensus and clarity over which people constitute Key Populations (KPs) to be targeted in various prevention,… Read more »
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Uganda: Discriminatory Legislation Fuels Repression and Abuse
AI London, 16 October 2014
Repressive and discriminatory legislation enacted over the last 18 months in Uganda has led to increasing state repression, violence and homophobic and gender-based discrimination,… Read more »
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Africa: Criminalising HIV Will Stop People Knowing Their Status
Key Correspondents, 15 September 2014
Criminalising HIV transmission will not help halt the spread of HIV - instead it will stop people from getting tested and increase the risk of further transmissions. Read more »
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Uganda: Another Step Back for Uganda's HIV Fight
HRW, 9 September 2014
Back in the 1990s, Uganda was seen as a success story in the fight against the AIDS epidemic. HIV infection rates were falling. The country had developed strong, community based… Read more »
InFocus
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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. Read more »
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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 »
