The Uganda population HIV impact assessment survey 2016 released last week reveals that the current HIV prevalence among adults aged 15 to 49 in the country is at 6%, among children under 5 years stands at 0.5% while among those aged between 5 to 14 years still stands at 0.5% with the total number of Ugandans both adults and children living with HIV/AIDS standing at 1.3 million.
The survey that was carried out from August 2016 to March 2017 shows that HIV prevalence among women is at 7.5% compared to 4.3% among men with the prevalence recorded higher among urban populations at 7.1% compared to rural populations at 5.5%.
However, Mid-eastern Uganda recorded the lowest prevalence of the disease and central 1which covers greater Masaka recording the highest at 7.6% but south western Uganda is having the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS.
According to the health minister, Ruth Aceng and other experts attribute the high numbers among adolescents to poor compliance and vulnerability among females
