According to the national coordinator pediatric and adolescent HIV care at the health ministry, Dr. Cordelia Katureebe revealed  that they have for long been receiving complaints from parents and guardians of the children living with HIV about the bitterness the current drug has been pausing to the kids which has also seen them neglect to swallow the drug which makes their lives  riskier, making them develop  more health complications as a result of not being able to take their drugs religiously. She also stresses that with the clinical trial that  started in May  this year and will end in 2017, they are targeting over 3000 children under 15 years across the country and health experts hope to roll it out by 2018.

The  project manager paediatric HIV, at drugs for neglected diseases initiative (DNDi) Dr. Olawale Salami confirms that previous clinical trials on the same pallets have been carried out in Kenya and now in Uganda with results indicating positive thus the need to have it used in our countries with children under 15 years.

But one of the mothers who has a positive child found  at Joint Clinical Reserch Centhre in  Lubowa says the current syrup administered to children is bitter and not very good for kids to consume but with the new formulation of pellets will help and make it easy for the positive kids to swallow their drugs.

The  statistics carried out last year in the country by the ministry of health shows  that 95000 children are estimated to be born with HIV and only 60,000 (63%) are on treatment with 37000 not yet on treatment.

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Uganda AIDS Commission Chairman Professor Vinand Nantulya

The survey that was done by none governmental organizations working with people living with HIVAIDS including Nsambya Home care  and Kitovu mobile  indicate  that stigma  adds to the stress experienced by people living with HIV making it more difficult  for  them access treatment and care .
The NGOS recommend that Government and other stakeholders should mobilize  and effectively allocate more resources to HIV stigma reduction projects, and faith leaders be encouraged and supported to talk more to people in demystifying HIV stigma.

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Many people in the world, especially in Africa, Latin America and in some parts of Asia still take human immune deficiency virus (HIV) to be the same as the Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

HIV or human immune deficiency virus and AIDS or the Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome is totally different. HIV is a virus but AIDS is a collection of diseases and infections caused by HIV.

You can have HIV but not have AIDS. If your CD4 count and immunity are high, HIV infection can develop into AIDS. Many people in the world have AIDS and HIV. In Uganda more than 250.000 children are born with HIV/AIDS.

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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 when having sex with their non permanent partners or prostitutes.

Dr. Zainabu Akol says that when conducting the research they found that prostitutes move with condoms but men decline to use those condoms.

Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli, the director of Uganda AIDS commission says that the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among the prostitutes in Uganda now stands at about 37 percent.

Dr. Apuuli has advised couples to remain faithful and the pregnant women to always take HIV tests such that if they test positive the children are protected from mother to child HIV infections.

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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 of the KCCA councilors intimated to us that Lukwago really struggled to keep his eyes open in vain.

The students looked at him in disbelief as the sleeping bug fought him throughout the function. Lukwago was overheard telling his escorts that he had not slept last night.

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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 Ugandan MP representing Ndorwa West, David Bahati says that Uganda will not bend down to Cameroon’s threats, saying Uganda can operate without aids from some countries.

MP Bahati is the one who recently drafted the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009.” The bill criminalizes gay rights.

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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 of the KCCA councilors intimated to us that Lukwago really struggled to keep his eyes open in vain. 

The students looked at him in disbelief as the sleeping bug fought him throughout the function. Lukwago was overheard telling his escorts that he had not slept last night.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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Recently Cameroon threatened to suspend aid to countries like Uganda that don’t respect gays. However Ugandan MPs have jumped into the queue and told Cameroon to keep quiet as Uganda is not like England where ‘immoral’ people are accepted.

The Ugandan MP representing Ndorwa West, David Bahati says that Uganda will not bend down to Cameroon’s threats, saying Uganda can operate without aids from some countries.

MP Bahati is the one who recently drafted the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009.” The bill criminalizes gay rights.

By James Okello

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Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli, head of Uganda Aids Commision

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 mother to child transmission are still leading dangers in the spread of HIV/AIDS.

He says much emphasis needs to put to see that the trend of unprotected sex and mother to child transmission of HIV are brought down in the Country and the World at large.

In a related devolopment the Uganda Aids Commission Director Dr Kihumuro Apuuli expressed fear that the AIDS scourge in Uganda is still growing high despite efforts by Government to sensitize the masses on preventive measures.

Dr. Kihumuro says the aids prevalence among the married couples, boda boda riders, prostitutes among others is still high and something must be done to bring the high prevalence down.

Dr Kihumuro also said the government must take over the funding of Aids programmes in the Country because most donor Countries are pulling out and other are threatening to pull out which he said puts a big risk especially to people who are now on treatment and cannot meet the cost of buying the life prolonging ARV drugs.

By Isaac Senabulya

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