AIDS

Clinical trial on for new and better drug for HIV positive children

Clinical trial on for new and better drug for HIV positive children

Scientists have come up with a new formulation of drug that will be taken by children affected with HIV/AIDS  known as Lopinavir/ritonavir which is in form of pallets and will replace the one which has been administered to children. The initiative is geared towards improving  and solving  the burden of swallowing bitter liquid drugs by HIV […]

Uganda AIDS Commission to engage Religious leaders

Uganda AIDS Commission to engage Religious leaders

The Chairman of Uganda AIDS Commission Professor Vinand Nantulya says the commission is going to engage the religious leaders separately from different sects to ensure that they deliver the messages of HIV/AIDS effectively to the followers. While launching a report on the status of the stigma and discrimination among HivAids patients that was carried out in central and south western […]

Men increasingly refusing to wear condoms with non permanent partners

A new report from the ministry of health has indicated that HIV/AIDS prevalence is on the increases among the people between 15-49 years of age. The report that was launched by the Uganda AIDS Commissions in Kampala shows that the increasing infections is due to the men who do not like to use protective measures […]

Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago sleeps at public function

We have discovered that sleep doesn’t fear big people like the Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago. Otherwise why would sleep familiar a big man like the Mayor moreover at a public function. This came true when Lukwago was yesterday attacked by a sleeping bug at Kampala Students Centre where he had gone to open a seminar on HIV/AIDS. Lukwago […]

Uganda MPs trash David Cameroon’s calls on gays

 One might think that David Cameroon, the British Premier would cough and Uganda sneezes because he is a leader of one of the world’s super powers. But this is not the case. Recently Cameroon threatened to suspend aid to countries like Uganda that don’t respect gays. However Ugandan MPs have told Cameroon to keep quiet as Uganda is not like England where ‘immoral’ people are accepted. The […]

Lord Mayor, Hajji Erias Lukwago sleeps at public function

We have discovered that sleeping doesn’t fear big people like the Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority, Hajji Erias Lukwago.  This came true when Lukwago was yesterday attacked by a sleeping bug at Kampala Students Centre where he had gone to open a seminar on HIV/AIDS.  Lukwago was the one presiding over the function. One […]

Uganda MPs trash David Cameroon’s calls on gays

One might think that David Cameroon, the British Premier would cough and Uganda sneezes because he is a leader of one of the world’s super powers. But this is not the case. Recently Cameroon threatened to suspend aid to countries like Uganda that don’t respect gays. However Ugandan MPs have jumped into the queue and […]

Uganda urged to tackle HIV transmission drivers to reduce prevalence

As Uganda prepares to mark World International day the government has been challenged to address all areas that have been identified to be dangerous in as far as Aids transmission is concerned. Musa Bungudu, the Country  Director of UNAIDS, the UN body responsible for HIV/AIDS, told a joint press Conference at Parliament that unprotected sex and […]