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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started a study to establish the kind of condoms Ugandans would prefer and easily use, as records show a dwindling number of people using condoms. Vastha Kibirige, the condom coordinator at the AIDS control programme says that they have been …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde district health authorities are celebrating a decline in HIV/AIDS prevalence in the three years. Dr Moses Nkanika, the Lyantonde District Health Officer, says that the prevalence rate reduced from 11.6% in 2018 to 9.5% to date. Nkanika attributed the reduction to various HIV/AIDS programs …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale health department has said that the number of people living with the HIV/AIDS virus in the district is far above their projections. According to statistics from the district health department, the district has seen a 52% rise in HIV/Aids cases, according to tests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The AIDS Support Organization-TASO could suspend its operations due to lack of funds. Solomon Lubondo, the TASO Centre Advisory Committee chairperson for Entebbe, says that the entire organization has been affected by reduced donor funding since 2017. TASO has eleven centres including Tororo, Gulu, Jinja …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women have stalled as none of the targets for 2020 were met, the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS-Free campaign by UNAIDS has revealed. The report shows that the total number of children …

UN vowed to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 95 percent diagnosed among all people living with HIV, 95 percent on antiretroviral therapy among diagnosed, and 95 percent virally suppressed among treated United Nations | Xinhua | The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a political declaration, in which …

PEPFAR has invested more than $4 billion in Uganda alone, and more than $90 billion worldwide, over the past 18 years to save more than 19 million lives. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT |  A record 18th U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has …

Global HIV targets for 2020 which were agreed to in 2016 were missed United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to address inequalities in order to bring the world back on track to end AIDS by 2030. There has been intensive action and progress against …

On Jan.27, Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, spoke during the opening plenary at this year’s virtual HIV Research for Prevention (HIV R4P) Conference. Byanyima who spoke under the theme, “Where will we be in 2025?” detailed plans for a new UNAIDS …

The Omololu Falobi award goes to individuals who have shown leadership in research advocacy and inspired others Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Winifred Ikilai from the National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda (NAFOPHANU) was declared winner of the 2021 Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in …