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Despite progress made in recent years, tuberculosis (TB) remains a challenge for the world, participants heard at the special opening session of the Second Global Forum on TB Vaccines in Tallinn, Estonia. New vaccines could make a significant difference. go →

Judith Koriang was court martialled for shooting her husband to death after HIV test results shows her husband tested negative while she tested positive. go →

OPEN ACCESS The Lancet, Volume 376, Issue 9743, Pages 757 - 758, 4 September 2010 Wairagala Wakabi Ugandan authorities have launched an ambitious new campaign to increase the proportion of adult men circumcised to at least 40% within 5 years. Wairagala Wakabi reports from Kampala. Uganda has started scaling up a nationwide Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) campaign that is being implemented… go →

At the June 2006 General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, United Nations Member States agreed to work towards the goal of “universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support” by 2010.Countries all around the world have made significant progress in scaling up HIV services. Nevertheless, major barriers must be overcome if universal access is to be achieved. … go →

Birungi H, Mugisha J, Nyombi J, et al. Population Council. July 2008 The number of African children living with HIV continues to escalate despite the advances made in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT). Ninety percent of the estimated three million children living with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa (RCQHC 2003). In Uganda, HIV prevalence among children whose mothers are HIV posit… go →

To evaluate the ability of a handheld portable whole-blood lactate analyzer to predict mortality in patients who are admitted to the hospital with severe sepsis. go →

Tumushabe J. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, August 2006. This paper traces Uganda’s experience of HIV/AIDS, and the reaction of the government, civil society and communities of Uganda to the epidemic…. go →