Tag Archives: HIV/AIDS

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical research experts have expressed the need for the integration of HIV/AIDs prevention and management service providers. This they say will ensure equal distribution of the available resources. Dr. Sylvia Kushemerirwe, a scientist at the Medical Research Council-MRC prefers that the different service providers in …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Public health officials in the United States make the same mistakes with monkeypox they made during the HIV/AIDS pandemic, said an opinion piece published on the website of The Washington Post on Monday. Rae Lewis-Thornton, the author of the article and an AIDS activist who …

Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People living with HIV in Otuke district are discontinuing the uptake of Anti-Retroviral Drugs (ARVs) due to hunger. The area has suffered a prolonged drought that has resulted in food insecurity which has left thousands of people starving. Most of the affected persons are the elderly, …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in greater Arua have been urged to stick to treatment despite the soaring food and other commodity prices. Currently, there are over 400 registered HIV positive patients in Arua city and over 600 in Arua district, who are struggling to survive. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health activists have expressed displeasure with the government’s delay to operationalize the National AIDS Trust Fund. Parliament enacted the HIV Prevention and Control Act in 2014, and the law was operationalized in 2018 enabling the government to levy 2 percent of total annual tax levies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has appealed to government to increase its funding towards the fight against HIV/AIDs. The UAC wants government to shoulder at least half of the financial burden in a bid to reduce donor dependence. The Director General for UAC, Dr. Nelson …

BroadReach Group health experts want vaccinations sites to be multipurpose on a variety of illnesses | THE INDEPENDENT | As Africa works to get back on track to meet its UNAIDS HIV prevention and care targets, healthcare organisations like the BroadReach Group are partnering with governments and donors to find …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has pledged to increase funding towards efforts geared at combatting HIV/AIDS as the country celebrated Worlds AIDS Day. 1st December is designated as the international day for raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic. This year’s celebration was under the theme; “End Stigma, End Aids, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is striving to consolidate the gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS despite the impact of COVID-19, a senior health official said on Wednesday. “COVID-19 did not spare the National HIV and AIDS Response. However, there was a 41 percent decline in HIV testing and …