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- Breaking the cycle of stigma and discrimination in rural Uganda
- Justine, a 38-year-old Ugandan woman, tested positive for HIV during an antenatal visit at the local health centre when she was pregnant with her fourth child. After disclosing her HIV status to her husband, he left home and never came back.
- First Lady of Uganda to Champion the elimination of new HIV infections among children in the country
- UNAIDS Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Dr Sheila Tlou appealed to Uganda’s First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni to champion the elimination of new HIV infections among children in the country.
- Food security response to HIV and gender-base violence in northern Uganda
- The fertile northern region of Uganda was known for many years as one of the granaries of the country, consistently producing surpluses for local and international food markets. But two decades of civil conflict between the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have left the Acholi and Lango sub-regions destitute.
- More than a game: using football to promote health issues in Uganda
- Although hostilities in northern Uganda ceased in 2006, the lives of young people, formerly targets for abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army, have not been easy. During the conflict, which lasted more than 20 years, many children spent their early years confined to camps for displaced persons, while others were subjected to trauma, brutality and suffering as child soldiers.
- UNAIDS, Millennium Villages join forces to keep children free from HIV in Africa
- UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages Project signed an agreement in New York to strengthen efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa. The aim of the partnership is to help local governments create “Mother to child transmission-free zones” in 14 ‘Millennium Villages’ across ten African countries.
- Resources for regular lab tests could be used for HIV treatment
- Having 12 children and a very old mother to support, Vincent, middle-aged Ugandan single father living with HIV, knows that his death would spell disaster for the whole family. “If I had died, where would these people go?” said Vincent perched on a stool with his legs outstretched.
- The route to good living: World Bank guide to HIV prevention in Africa’s transport sector
- Transport corridors in sub-Saharan Africa, as elsewhere, enable movement of people and goods, increasing economic activity and spreading wealth. But they also facilitate the spread of HIV. In response, the Africa Transport Sector of the World Bank has published a practical new booklet on how to implement HIV prevention activities as part of road construction projects.
- Faces against HIV stigma and discrimination
- HIV has often been associated with behaviours that may be considered socially or morally unacceptable by many people such as sex work, sex outside marriage or with multiple partners, sex between men and injecting drugs. This single fact, fueled by high levels of ignorance, denial, fear and intolerance, has widely stigmatized HIV infection.
- HIV implementers gather in Kampala to share ideas, experiences in AIDS response
- HIV implementers from around the world will over the next five days share lessons learned and best practices on how HIV services are delivered to people affected by the AIDS epidemic. UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot will address the opening ceremony and several colleagues will participate in key thematic sessions.
- 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' meeting
- The HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting will take place June 3-7, 2008, in Kampala, Uganda
- Partnerships and linking for action
- UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot gave the following plenary speech on "Partnerships and linking for action" at the first ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Kampala, Uganda from March 2-7, 2008. The GHWA, hosted and administered by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been created to identify and implement solutions to the health workforce crisis.
- Health workforce crisis limits AIDS response
- The first ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health is being held this week in Kampala. We explore what the health workforce crisis is and how it is impacting on the AIDS response.
- AIDS on the agenda at Commonwealth Heads meeting
- UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Deborah Landey visited Kampala, Uganda from 16-17 November. In addition to meeting with various leaders in Uganda’s AIDS response from government and civil society, Dr Landey participated in a plenary session at the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (GHOGM), which was taking place in Kampala during her visit.
- AIDS, poverty and human development
- HIV strategies work best when there is a clear understanding of the relationship between AIDS, poverty and human development.
- AIDS and Human Rights activist awarded
- AIDS and human rights are inextricably linked as demonstrated by Beatrice Were, a leading advocate for the rights of people living with HIV in Uganda who recently received the Human Rights Watch Defender Award in recognition of her work.