United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), ahead of World AIDS Day, warned that progress in HIV prevention and treatment for children, adolescents, and pregnant women has nearly flatlined over the past three years, with many regions still not at pre-COVID-19 service coverage. Around 110,000 children and adolescents …
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HIV experts want priority shifted to vulnerable groups Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the world gears up to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day which is celebrated every December 1, experts in the HIV prevention, treatment and research want the international community to focus and support more ‘priority populations’ …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV/AIDS activists in the Kigezi sub-region are questioning why the government has failed to expedite the implementation of the AIDS Trust Fund. Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014. The law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi sub-region has registered a reduction in new cases of HIV/AIDS infections. A new report reveals that new cases of HIV/Aids in the region had lowered by 72 percent from 11,358 in 2017 to just 3,175 in 2021. This was disclosed during the second Regional Health …
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Virus still a burden among young people Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda Network of AIDS Services Organisation (UNASO) wants the fight against HIV/AIDS in Uganda to focus on encourage health-seeking behavior as the disease continues to spread; especially among young people. While presenting the National HIV/Aids Report, Dr …
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The company manufactures antiretrovirals, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) and Hepatitis medicines to treat HIV/AIDS, malaria and Hepatitis | THE INDEPENDENT | Cipla Qaulity Chemicals Ltd, the East African nation’s drug manufacturer, has said net profits surged nearly five times to Shs 13.9 billion for the six months ending September driven …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The head of Uganda’s leading state agency in the fight against HIV/AIDS on Tuesday warned that the country is facing financing shortages amid reduced international support. Nelson Musoba, director general of Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), in a statement issued said in the wake of emerging global …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s commitment to achieving the global target of ending the epidemic of HIV/AIDS by 2030 hangs in balance amid rising cases of new infections among the population, experts have anticipated. This comes ahead of the National HIV/AIDS Symposium next month at the Makerere University Business …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kampala Metropolitan Area has started screening newly arrested suspects to ascertain if they are suffering from malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, such that they get access to early treatment. The Global Fund will fund the three-year project in 16 police stations through the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on HIV/AIDS in the Parliament of Uganda is worried about the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) among inmates in the Northern region. The committee says that cases of STIs including gonorrhea and syphilis were widely …
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