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10/27/2012 • 8:11 am Comments Off on Uganda failings..

Uganda failings..

Topographic map of Uganda. Created with GMT from SRTM data. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Uganda was once the example for successful combating HIV. The first knock in the statistics came when the PEPFAR fund did not allow for condom distribution and working with prostitution. But even since the US donation money has changed it’s framework of reference there are alarming numbers of new infections. 20.000 babies are born HIV positive in the country every year. Why this is the case, Andrew Green reflects in a comment to be read here.

Uganda: HIV trust fund in the works (gantdaily.com)
Traditional Male Circumcision in Uganda: A Qualitative Focus Group Discussion Analysis (plosone.org)

Filed under: Uncategorized, Africa, Aids, babies, health, hiv, Kampala, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PTMTC, uganda

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