Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat is calling on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy. UNAIDS executive director …
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 »Stunted HIV prevalence rate worries health experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts are worried about Uganda’s current stagnant HIV prevalence rate. According to experts, Uganda seems to be stuck at a HIV prevalence rate of 6.2 percent that has remained stagnant for the past four years. Between the late 90s and early 2000, Uganda’s …
Read More »UNAIDS boss Byanyima says communities key in fight against HIV
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima has emphasized the need for communities to take part in the fight against HIV. This is carried in her press statement issued as the World today commemorates the World AIDs Day under the …
Read More »Empowering people living with HIV will end the epidemic – Byanyima
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV infections are declining worldwide and more people living with HIV are getting access to treatment, but still, thousands of children are still falling between the cracks. This is according to a new report; Power to the people, launched by UNAIDS, ahead of the World …
Read More »Amuru leaders alarmed by high HIV prevalence
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Amuru are alarmed by the high rate of HIV prevalence among the youth population in the district. The epidemic stands at 6.4 percent. Records from the district Community-Based Department indicate that the youth form 27 percent, women 49 percent while the elderly …
Read More »Ministry of Health assessing impact of PMTCT programme
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is assessing the impact of the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV programme which is commonly known as PMTCT. The exercise whose results are expected in December is said to be a situation analysis to feed into the …
Read More »Uganda unveils new campaign to tame HIV
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new campaign to influence behavioral change among youths has been unveiled as part of the Presidential Initiative to end HIV in Uganda. The campaign will be spearheaded by President Yoweri Museveni, whose recorded messages will be aired on both radio and TV stations …
Read More »Poor adherence to ARVs in children worries medics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan health experts are bothered that Uganda might not be able to meet targets on viral suppression among people living with HIV as a result of the poor response to poor performance among children. The fear comes just two months to the year 2020 …
Read More »UNAIDS: 52% of young Ugandans don’t know about HIV
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 48 per cent of young people have comprehensive knowledge about how HIV is spread and how they can guard against it, according to data shared by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Uganda, this afternoon. For one to have comprehensive knowledge …
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