People living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda are worried that the prolonged shortage of ARV drugs in the country might lead to drug resistance because many patients are currently going without taking the prescribed medicines. Civil society organizations on HIV and AIDS are worried that when cases of drug resistance escalate, the situation might consequently force government […]
As health experts and activists continue to urge HIV positive people to swallow their medication every day, there is now a new growing concern among the HIV positive patients where are good number of them are now registering resistance against the ARV drugs they take daily. According to community HIV/AIDS activists, Moses Super Charger and Richard […]
New evidence shows that HIV cases first appeared in human beings in Cameroonin the last quarter of the 19th century. A new book on the spread of HIV alleges that the virus spread to humans from a simian, Walakira Nyanzi reports. The book alleges that HIV/AIDS started when a hunter caught an infected chimpanzee for […]
The Executive Director of the United States of America and President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative chief, Lois Quam has arrived in Uganda on Monday. Lois Quam is in Uganda for a one week visit to support Uganda’s Ministry of Health’s effort to reduce maternal deaths by at least 50% in four western districts of […]
A new report from the ministry of health has indicated that HIV/AIDS prevalence is on the increases among the people between 15-49 years of age. The report that was launched by the Uganda AIDS Commissions in Kampala shows that the increasing infections is due to the men who do not like to use protective measures […]
We have discovered that sleep doesn’t fear big people like the Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago. Otherwise why would sleep familiar a big man like the Mayor moreover at a public function. This came true when Lukwago was yesterday attacked by a sleeping bug at Kampala Students Centre where he had gone to open a seminar on HIV/AIDS. Lukwago […]
The first Ugandan- Nigerian movie (Roses in rain) shot and directed in Uganda will be rescreened in Kampala next month. The film was shot in 2007 and it failed to impress average Ugandans. However its producers are determined to make it sell inUgandaand all costs. Therefore they have reorganized its re-introduction to Ugandans in the […]
We have discovered that sleeping doesn’t fear big people like the Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority, Hajji Erias Lukwago. This came true when Lukwago was yesterday attacked by a sleeping bug at Kampala Students Centre where he had gone to open a seminar on HIV/AIDS. Lukwago was the one presiding over the function. One […]
Following the tremendous increase in the HIV prevalence in the country, Uganda has been forced to launch three anti HIV/AIDS strategies that will help in driving down the high rates of HIV among the populace staring 2011 until 2016. The launched strategies by the vice president, H.E. Edward Kiwanuka Sekandiinclude, the national HIV prevention strategy, Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV strategy. Speaking at the launch of […]
Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS “Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response” indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade […]