Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karamoja region is currently sitting on a time bomb of HIV/AIDS whose prevalence has gone up to 5.3%. According to the Moroto district HIV/AIDS focal point person Ms Margie Lolem, the escalating rate of HIV/AIDS in the region is fueled by Karimojong cultures that most …
Read More »Teenagers living with HIV/AIDS in Luwero lag behind in suppressing of viral load
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teenagers Living with HIV/AIDS in Luwero district are still lagging behind in suppressing their viral load compared to adults, a health official has revealed. In 2014, the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS-UNAIDS announced an ambitious strategy of 95-95-95 with the aim of ending the AIDS …
Read More »People living with HIV/AIDs in Karamoja cry for gov’t help
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of people living with HIV/AIDs in Kaabong and Kotido districts in Karamoja region have appealed to the government and development partners to come up with income-generating projects to support their livelihood. Some of the affected people living with HIV/AIDs told URN at Kotido …
Read More »Sex for food increasing HIV infections among Batwa in Rubanda district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rapid increase of HIV/AIDs among the Batwa community in Muko and Bufundi sub counties of Rubanda district is a result of trading sex-for-food, URN has learnt. An HIV testing and counselling camp organised by Kabale District Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living with HIV/AIDs –KADOLHA, …
Read More »Muntu tasked to combat HIV stigma once elected
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Young people living with HIV/AIDs in Lango asked ANT presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu to consider formulating and strengthening the anti-stigma policies against HIV/AIDs clients once elected president. Anti-stigma policies are customized guidelines put in place to reduce stigma. This includes types of behaviours that are …
Read More »Fighting HIV/AIDs
Discrimination and stigma still a challenge Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Every year on December 1, the world marks World AIDs Day. In Uganda, it has happened for close to the 37 years, but HIV remains of one the country’sheaviest burden among infectious diseases causing both death and long-term …
Read More »UNAIDS boss warns against making HIV mistakes in COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has called for equitable access to COVID-19 treatments and vaccine when it becomes available warning that the world cannot make the same mistakes it made in the fight against HIV. She said millions …
Read More »UNAIDS predicts 140,000 new HIV deaths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has launched a new report in which countries are being urged to set new targets that will enable them end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Titled, ‘Prevailing against pandemics by putting people at the …
Read More »Uganda achieves global target in efforts to end HIV/AIDS
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda is among the 14 countries in the world that have achieved the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) “90-90-90” target to help end the scourge by 2030, a top government official said on Tuesday. Esther Mbayo, minister for the presidency told reporters that Uganda has …
Read More »Over 1,500 volunteers registered to deliver ARVs to patients in Lango
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rites North Lango, a non-governmental organization operating in partnership with Aids Information Center-Uganda in nine districts of Lango has registered 1,500 young people living with HIV/AIDS to offer voluntary services to HIV clients. The recruits will be deployed at Apwori, Inomo, Chawente, Nambieso health center …
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