| Most women get
HIV in marriage |
Another December 1, another World AIDS Day.
This is one anniversary that has nothing celebratory about it,
23 years down the road. |
| Uganda National
Farmers Federation role in AIDS Control Initiatives |
| World’s AIDS day is an important day for
Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) and indeed the farmers
of the world. |
| Introduce sexual
and reproductive health in schools |
| In every region of the world, AIDS is taking
a terrible toll on women and girls, who are experiencing rising
rates of HIV infection and a disproportionate burden of caring
for those who are sick and orphaned. |
| War, AIDS in IDP
camps |
| It was a military-escorted food convoy that snaked
its way into the bushes of rebel-infested Pader district, heading
to Pajule displaced people’s camp. |
| UGANDA AIDS COMMISSION
AIDS DAY 2004 SUPPLEMENT |
| December 1 is International World AIDS Day. This
World AIDS Day is the climax of a yearlong campaign on the theme
"women, girls, HIV and AIDS". |
| Together we share
the challenge |
| Message of the WHO Regional Director for Africa
on the occasion of the commemoration of World AIDS Day |
| Women prime targets
for HIV |
| NAIROBI - Kenyan health officials
have expressed concern about the fact that women in the East
African country are more vulnerable to AIDS than men, and that
the gap between men and women as regards new HIV infections
appears to be widening. |
| Farmers’
body tackles AIDS through peers |
| Alice Nakku, a farmer from Gala village, Mutumba
sub county, in Mpigi district has 11 HIV/AIDS orphans whom she
looks after together with her husband. But she is already worried
as she expects four more orphans shortly. |
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