Officials at the Uganda AIDS Commission say they are working to reach a largely youthful population that is now complacent about HIV infections. Some world leaders once hailed Uganda for the fight against the epidemic but Dr. Nelson Musoba, the Director General for the Uganda Aids Commission tells KFM that […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have asked government to increase awareness on HIV/AIDS among adolescent girls and young women in the country. According to recent (2022) data from the Uganda AIDS Commission, the average HIV prevalence stands at 5.1 percent, but when broken down, women had high rates of 6.5 percent […]
A new report carried out by the Uganda Virus Research Institute and the Medical Research Council has revealed that 14% of the people living with HIV in Uganda suffer from depression and Masaka district tops among the districts with such communities. Depression is a mental illness characterized by excessive sadness, […]
HIV prevention advocates have expressed concern that the approved Anti homosexuality law will push back gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDs by 2030. Yesterday, in a joint statement, three of the world’s leading health campaign groups – the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), UNAids, and the […]
By prossy Kisakye Youths living with HIV/AIDs have appealed to the government to come up with policies prohibiting employers from asking for HIV status results before employing them. The group was led by Jayson Yiga, a 21-year-old who was born with HIV. Yiga says many of his colleagues who are […]
