Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Aids Commission is mooting for a centralized digital tracking system for persons enrolled on Anti-Retroviral Therapy-ART, to ensure effective management of HIV. The central tracking system which is under development will give each HIV patient a unique identifying code, from which they can …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report by the Uganda Aids Commission shows that Kalangala district and Mbarara city have registered an increase in the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country. The report conducted between 2010 and 2020 with support from UNAIDS shows that the two districts have recorded a higher …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission has asked Parliament to allocate an additional 16 billion shillings to HIV prevention due to the rise in new HIV infections. According to Eddy Mukooyo the chairperson Uganda Aids Commission, there are currently 53,000 new HIV infections estimated to translate into …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is yet to hear from the government about the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund. Dr Lydia Mungherera, a board member at Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), says that fund was meant to start this financial year as Uganda Revenue Authority is supposed to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people testing for HIV across the country has been declining steadily over the past three years, according to Uganda AIDS Commission-UAC. Records from UAC show that 10.7 million people tested in the 2016/2017 financial year, 8.8 million in the 2017/2018 …
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