World Aids Day
Plight of Orphan Girl
A 14-year old girl in Bushenyi who stoned to death a 40-year-old man she accused of trying rape her is stranded in Police custody. No one has offered to stand surety for her. The girl is an orphan who lives alone with her 9-year-old brother. Is Uganda doing enough to protect orphans? What should be done? Have your say.
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Newvisoin.co.ug (local Ugandan newspper 12/10/09)
WorldAidsDay.org, December 1st
Uganda Sitting on AIDS Time Bomb
EVELYN LIRRI, Kampala
December 1, 2009
Complacency, ignorance and indifference are reversing Uganda’s gains against the Aids epidemic, a senior government official warned yesterday. Dr Kihumuro Apuuli, who heads the Uganda Aids Commission, the government agency responsible for coordinating the fight against Aids, said the number of new HIV infections is “unacceptably high” and rising.
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Ministry calls for voluntary HIV testing
Tuesday, 1st December, 2009
By Raymond Baguma
UGANDA yesterday marked World AIDS Day with messages urging men to go for voluntary counselling and testing services.
Health minister Dr. Stephen Mallinga noted that voluntary testing and counselling is an effective strategy to access preventive and care services.
World AIDS Day was adopted in 1988. It is commemorated every December 1 to raise awareness about the pandemic that has killed more than 25 million people world-wide since it was first discovered 30 years ago.
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