The civil society groups have reported that Uganda is off track in the fight against AIDS despite the funding from development partners. Speaking a head of the Country’s joint Annual AIDS review that started this morning, Health activists noted that over the past five years the HIV prevalence rates in Uganda have risen from 6.4 […]
New findings released by Uganda, one of the five countries in East Africa indicate that HIV/AIDS incidences in the region have risen to 6.7%. Uganda’s Ministry of health reveals that HIV/AIDS cases have risen to 6.7% up from 6.4%. The research findings done in 2004/5 show that at least two million of Uganda’s 30 […]
Ministry of Health has confirmed that the country has a total of 50,000 children infected with the HIV, the virus with that causes AIDS. The ministry in a report revealed that 90% of the children get the infection from their mothers during child birth. The ministry is concerned that the number of HIV infections among children is […]
Ugandan women have called upon the government leadership to monitor medical male circumcision roll out in the country. Women’s HIV Prevention Tracking (WHIPT) project coordinator, Marion Nakitunda said that Medical male circumcision for women has the potential to be a powerful tool for HIV prevention and added that findings show that there are many concerns […]
The suffering of the African child which has lasted for centuries has been encouraged by the poor African norms, poverty, the industrial development and the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS according to the Burahya county parliamentarian Stephen Kagwera. Officiating as chief guest at the official launch of the SOS children’s village in Butebe parish Kabarole over […]
PART 1 Stephen Rwagweri is a social worker, book writer, broadcaster and currently working on a very ambitious project to build a museum for the people of Rwenzori region. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Engabu Za Tooro or Tooro Youth Platform for Action ,a development organization, which operates in the Rwenzori […]