HIV and AIDS
From local meetings to advocacy campaigns, KCS document the way in which communities are currently responding to HIV and AIDS. KCs will also report announcements of new HIV testing and prevention schemes and highlight the successes and failures of existing programmes. The impact traditional healers, ARV stock-outs and expired medication have on the lives of those living with HIV is also reported, as are spikes and declines in HIV prevalence rates. KCs also document what life is like for people living with HIV and the impact culture and religion has on their choices around treatment and care. KC stories often examine the links between poverty and HIV, as well as the links between maternal health and HIV, told through the lenses of community campaigns and individual stories.
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The 16th Joint Review Mission of Uganda’s Ministry of Health and the Ministry’s 2009/2010 Annual Report shows an array of data on HIV, TB and malaria. This included the statistic that 1million people are infected with HIV with 140,000 of them being children below 15 years of age. Of the 100,000 new infections, 20,000 of them were in children from mother-to-child-transmission.
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Most people who decide to go for an HIV test hope they will have a good life irrespective of their status, unfortunately some end up living a life full of confusion especially those who turn out to be HIV positive since many receive little or poor counselling.
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Uganda is one among many countries with HIV/AIDS discordance situations and condoms should be a priority in HIV/AIDS prevention campaign. Therefore papal approval on condom use is very relevant to the current situation in Uganda.
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Zimbabwe’s Prevention Mother-to-Child Transmission training curricula is undergoing review following an initiative to be carried out by the Ministry of Health.
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87 Chief Executive Officers were tested for HIV at a national testing day organised by the Federation of Uganda Employers, in conjunction with the East African Business Council and supported by GTZ. The event attracted CEOs from different companies based in Kampala and many members of the public also tested for HIV.
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Preparation for World AIDS Day celebrations in Uganda have begun. Every Tuesday, meetings take place at Uganda AIDS commission. NAFOPHANU is mandated to lead this year’s preparation in conjunction with other stakeholders.
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It is more than two decades since the onset of HIV in Uganda yet the stigma associated with the disease in communities is still so rampant that it is making the prevention efforts, especially those in rural communities, bear no fruit.
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The poor quality of health services in Uganda affects HIV/AIDS and TB management.
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