Uganda: Treatment Gaps

Widening Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs in Uganda

...reviews the background of ARV distribution, including gaps in coverage, the financial challenges of ARV provision, and the efforts to stamp out corruption in the distribution system in Uganda. Through interviews, the author provides information about the gaps in distribution of ARVs...

PMTCT Programme Is Yet to Achieve Desired Impact

...research conducted by HEPS Uganda in western Kamwenge District, Uganda, showed that the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme is facing a serious challenge as a significant number of women are rejecting, reportedly for a variety of reasons, their HIV-positive test results. The refusal rate seems to be uniform at all test centres and signals that these individuals cannot access prevention treatment to protect their children against HIV infection...

AIDS Asia

Central Asian Program on AIDS Control in Vulnerable Populations (CAPACITY) Project

...an HIV-prevention project that is implemented in the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The purpose of the CAPACITY Project is to provide technical support and assistance to the countries of Central Asia in their efforts to launch large-scale and urgent responses to HIV/AIDS epidemics among vulnerable populations...

Long-term Follow-up Study on Peer-led School-based HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youths in Shanghai

...study of the effects of a peer education programme carried out among senior high school students in Shanghai, China from 2004 to 2006. The intervention group was exposed to an experience that was designed to: increase knowledge about the transmission and prevention of HIV; improve behaviour and behaviour intention to protect youth from HIV/AIDS; and eliminate prejudice and stigmatisation toward people living with HIV/AIDS...