Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2000 people enrolled on the life prolonging Anti-Retroviral Treatment-ART at Buliisa General Hospital in Buliisa district have abandoned treatment and disappeared without trace. They are part of over 6000 people enrolled on the ART since March 2019. Dr. Nelson Naisye, the Buliisa district …
Read More »600 abandon Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) at Buseruka health center III
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 600 people enrolled on the life prolonging Anti-Retroviral Treatment-ART at Buseruka health center III in Hoima district have abandoned treatment and disappeared without trace. These are part of the over 1000 people enrolled on the ART since August last year. Rostico Akugizibwe, …
Read More »Buganda Kingdom, Ministry of Health sign agreement to promote good health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom and the Ministry of Health have signed an agreement aimed at promoting good health and fighting HIV/Aids. Dubbed, ‘Cultural Approach against HIV/Aids and the use of cultural approach for good health, the agreement that will run for five years will see Buganda Kingdom …
Read More »Transitioning to middle income status will weigh heavily on Uganda’s health sector- UNAIDS
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan government has been advised to plan for the exit of donors in its quest to attain middle-income status. Specific attention is cited in funding for major public health initiatives like the HIV/AIDS response whose ill funding could plunge the country into a …
Read More »OPM gives 28,000 kgs of rice to elderly women, persons living with HIV/AIDs in Gulu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,400 elderly women and Persons Living with HIV/AIDs in Gulu municipality have received 28,000 kilograms of rice from the office of the prime minister. Denis Owachgiu Nono, the Community Services Secretary Gulu Municipal council, says each of the four divisions has …
Read More »Luweero embraces model to reach out to people living with HIV
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luweero district has embraced the “Differentiated Service Delivery model-DSMD” with the aim of identifying and reaching out to People Living with HIV/AIDS in villages. Under the “Differentiated Service Delivery model” health workers move from health centers to communities where they identify individuals in need for HIV/AIDs …
Read More »Ending HIV stigma
Woman wrongly convicted of spreading HIV released Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | During the Christmas holiday of 2018, Sylvia Komuhangi went on a tour in northern Uganda and decided to visit her friend Grace Anena in Kitgum. It was a visit that would change her life. And her life …
Read More »HIV/AIDS activists demand bio-metrics registration for people on ARV treatment
Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV/AIDS activists in Kigezi Sub region are demanding for biometrics registration of all People Living with HIV/Aids already on treatment for easy management. According to the 2017 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment, the HIV/AIDS prevalence in Kigezi sub region stood at 7.9 percent. However, activists …
Read More »Kigezi clergy, HIV activists disagree on promoting condom use
Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a dispute between HIV/Aids activists and religious leaders in Kigezi sub-region on the promotion of condom use as one of the major ways of containing the spread of HIV. According to the 2017 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment and Uganda AIDS Commission, the …
Read More »HIV treatment adherence low among patients in Gulu-TASO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Adherence to treatment among people living with HIV/AIDS in Gulu district is still low, according to reports from The Aids Supports Organisation-TASO Gulu Treatment Centre. HIV treatment adherence means starting treatment, keeping all medical appointments and taking medication as prescribed by medics. However at …
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