Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has appealed to government to increase its funding towards the fight against HIV/AIDs. The UAC wants government to shoulder at least half of the financial burden in a bid to reduce donor dependence. The Director General for UAC, Dr. Nelson …
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BroadReach Group health experts want vaccinations sites to be multipurpose on a variety of illnesses | THE INDEPENDENT | As Africa works to get back on track to meet its UNAIDS HIV prevention and care targets, healthcare organisations like the BroadReach Group are partnering with governments and donors to find …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has pledged to increase funding towards efforts geared at combatting HIV/AIDS as the country celebrated Worlds AIDS Day. 1st December is designated as the international day for raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic. This year’s celebration was under the theme; “End Stigma, End Aids, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is striving to consolidate the gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS despite the impact of COVID-19, a senior health official said on Wednesday. “COVID-19 did not spare the National HIV and AIDS Response. However, there was a 41 percent decline in HIV testing and …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe on Monday launched a national HIV/AIDS strategic plan which is set to guide resource allocation and implementation of the country’s HIV response for the next five years, the state broadcaster ZBC reported. The strategic plan running from 2021-2025 will guide the country toward ending AIDS …
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Caption: The MTV Shuga “Down South” series was broadcast on TV in South Africa in 2017 and 2019. UN-backed show highlights excites researchers | THE INDEPENDENT | Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South – …
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Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some people living with HIV/AIDS in Bududa district are selling life-prolonging Anti-Retroviral drugs (ARVs) to cattle keepers, especially those involved in fattening bulls. Bududa district has over 500 people enrolled on ARVs, which they receive after every four months. Esther Wambewo, one of the people living …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened global inequities. The world’s poor have borne the brunt of national lockdowns and will struggle to recover and poorer countries have been unable to rollout comprehensive vaccination campaigns because of a grossly unequal distribution of vaccines. On top of this COVID-19 has also derailed progress …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS have queried the extension of services by Arua district to clients in DR Congo as more new cases are registered at home. According to statistics, Arua district has over 2,300 registered HIV clients, three quarters are women while …
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I have seen that people are fast and blissful at celebrating death and least enthusiastic at preventing it COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | Most Ugandans die young and from preventable causes. The Ugandan Ministry of health claims in its 2016 report that malaria is the top killer of Ugandans while …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
