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 …
Read More »Our people shouldn’t die of preventable causes
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 …
Read More »ICYD takes over OVC programs from TASO in Teso
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The AIDS Support Organization-TASO has handed over the component of Orphans and Vulnerable Children-OVC to Integrated Child and Youth Development-ICYD in the Teso sub-region. TASO has been providing free counselling, social support, limited medical care, community mobilizing, advocacy and networking, in addition to support to …
Read More »We shall support HIV/AIDS Trust Fund – Oulanyah
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament will support operationalising of the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund, Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has pledged. MPs passed the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Act, in 2014 providing for an HIV/AIDS Trust Fund through which government would levy taxes on alcohol and soft drinks to fund …
Read More »HIV/AIDS persists in Kalangala, Mbarara as rest of Uganda registers improvement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report by the Uganda Aids Commission shows that Kalangala district and Mbarara city have registered an increase in the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country. The report conducted between 2010 and 2020 with support from UNAIDS shows that the two districts have recorded a higher …
Read More »Schools re-opening
Number of school dropouts likely to increase due to teenage pregnancies Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Ministry of Education and Sports has yet to announce the dates for schools to re-open again after being shut down at the height of the Second wave of COVID-19. But the delay …
Read More »Children living with HIV in Mukono skip ART treatment over lack of food
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children enrolled on antiretroviral therapy in Mukono district are finding it difficult to cope with the medication due to food shortage. Some of the children have either been skipping the life-prolonging drug or abandoned treatment altogether due to lack of food. Those on antiretroviral therapy …
Read More »PEPFAR urged to work with communities amid slow progress in HIV targets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of over 40 Civil Society Organisations-CSOs have called upon the United States government to listen more to communities as they release their next funding to tackle HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The activists who also released a report dubbed, ‘the People’s Voice’ which documented experiences of …
Read More »MOH struggles to hit hepatitis testing targets, turns to antenatal to catch women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Health (MOH) has so far tested only 5.6 million out of the 16 million adolescents and adults targeted for hepatitis B testing by the end of 2020. Dr. Racheal Beyagira, the Technical Officer on Hepatitis in the Ministry says the 5.6 million accounts …
Read More »Kabaka’s birthday celebrations to focus on HIV/Aids fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activities to mark Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi’s 66th birthday will focus on the fight against HIV/AIDs. The celebrations are slated for April 13th. In 2020, the kingdom celebrations also focused on the theme; “Men against AIDs to Save the Girl Child.” This followed the appointment …
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