Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Buikwe District, meanwhile, had 30,100 PLHIV and 600 new infections. Mukono District shows 26,800 PLHIV and 570 new infections, while Luwero District has 25,000 PLHIV and 560 new infections, and Mubende District 24,000 PLHIV and 540 new infections. The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has recorded a sharp fall in both AIDS-related deaths and new HIV […]
The executive director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima says that despite being curable and preventable, TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV. Nursery School Teacher Dumps Newborn Baby to Pit Latrine, Arrested As the world marks World Tuberculosis Day today, March 24, opportunities to further integrate TB and HIV services, particularly […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated his call to Ugandans to prevent themselves from getting infected with HIV/AIDS. According to the President, HIV/AIDS limits the capacity of the infected person. “There are certain things that you cannot do when you are infected. Like in the army, we discovered that when somebody over-exerts himself with the virus, […]
Forty percent of female commercial sex workers in Arua district and Arua City are married, a survey done by Makerere University School of Public Health has revealed. The survey, which involved 640 commercial sex workers in the two administrative units, found that 31 percent of the women engaged in commercial sex work are cohabiting, and […]
Health experts in Mbarara City have expressed concern that people living with HIV in who have been on treatment and care are dropping out. The HIV focal person in Mbarara City Dorcus Twinabaitu during a media training session on Tuesday said that many young women and girls stopped their treatment a few months later after […]
Women are two to three times more at risk of getting infected with HIV, researchers involved in the Makerere University – John Hopkins University (MUJHU) Research Collaboration have revealed. According to Dr. Phionah Kibalama Ssemambo, this risk is even higher among breastfeeding women, who are four times more at risk of infection compared to their […]
An increasing number of men are opting for medical circumcision as Uganda works toward completely eradicating the AIDS disease by 2030, the Uganda Aids Commission (UAC) has disclosed. Uganda adopted a comprehensive approach in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with medical circumcision being among the interventions to prevent the spread of the disease. While initially met with […]
