The article discusses the status of Uganda's health care programs for HIV-positive people. It reports that Uganda's 290 sites accredited to provide free antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are mostly government, mission and private hospitals and country-based health centers...
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HIV in Uganda no longer fallingNature - the world's best science and medicine on your desktopdoi:10.1038/news060814-13Erika CheckNature
Musoba said the country is following the Presidential Fast Track Initiative launched in 2017 to end AIDS as a public health threat. According to the UAC, currently 94 percent of people with HIV in Uganda know their status, 98 percent of those diagnosed on antiretroviral therapy, and 91 percent...
"The LGBT community in Uganda is on lockdown now," he said. "They don't have preventive services. They cannot access condoms ... they cannot access ARTs (antiretrovirals)." Under the bill, which President Yoweri Museveni signed into law last week, gay sex is punishable by life in prison...
Engaging school communities for HIV prevention among youth in UgandaNkwake, ApolloMugoya, AliceNiwagaba, ConsolataOkwena, JoshuaBusinge, Dennis
At least 87 percent of all people living with HIV in the east African country know their HIV status, according to Uganda Aids Commission. This is short of 3 percent to reach the third target. Uganda will on Dec. 1 join the rest of the world to commemorate the World AIDS Day. ...
Advocacy and Behaviour Change Communication Strategy for HIV/AIDS Response in Urban Areas in UgandaAMICAALL Uganda
in their study on prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda found that hypertension was related to increasing age34,44. In our study, individuals older than 45 years were 4 times more likely to suffer from hypertension...
doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7516.533Dr. Wayengera A MisakiBMJ