UGANDA: Programme launched to boost ARV treatment capacity
5 December 2003 (PlusNews ), Uganda’s health ministry, in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on Thursday launched a three-year programme to build an infrastructure for local organisations to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy throughout the country.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36415
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UGANDA: US delegation assesses HIV/AIDS impact
4 December 2003 (PlusNews ), An American delegation was recently in Uganda to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on the country and its needs for tackling the pandemic.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36411
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UGANDA: Free AIDS treatment plan announced for new year
3 December 2003 (PlusNews ), From January 2004 Uganda could start offering free antiretroviral drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS and in urgent need of treatment.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36401
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UGANDA: New deadline for free anti-retrovirals
1 December 2003 (PlusNews ), Uganda's ministry of health on Monday committed itself to offering free antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS who urgently need it but cannot afford it, starting January 2004.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36382
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UGANDA: First instalment of AIDS millions due
18 November 2003 (PlusNews ), Uganda could soon receive the first instalment of a recently approved US $97.6 million Global AIDS Fund grant to tackle HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Health Services Commissioner, Dr KW Lwamafa, has said.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36344
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UGANDA: Accurate AIDS figures through random testing
12 November 2003 (PlusNews ), By randomly selecting people for testing, Uganda hopes to gather more accurate percentages of the number of people living with HIV/AIDS.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36325
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UGANDA: News scholarship fund for HIV-positive youth
11 November 2003 (PlusNews ), Young people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda will benefit from a UNAIDS scholarship fund, to be launched on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2003.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36320
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UGANDA: Anti-AIDS drugs made freely available
7 November 2003 (PlusNews ), The international medical NGO, Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF) has made antiretroviral drugs freely available to all people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda's northwestern Arua district.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36309
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UGANDA: Local manufacture of anti-AIDS announced
6 November 2003 (PlusNews ), People living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda could soon have access to cheaper, locally produced versions of antiretroviral drugs.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36305
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UGANDA: Local company undertakes to produce antiretrovirals
5 November 2003 (PlusNews ), Uganda's estimated 100,000 people living with AIDS, who are in urgent need of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) but cannot afford them could soon have access to locally produced ARVs at a cost of less than 50 US cents per day, according to a Ugandan company planning to produce the drugs.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36300
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UGANDA: Use of microbicides urged in HIV prevention
3 November 2003 (PlusNews ), As married women in Uganda become more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection, authorities are encouraging them to support the use of microbicides during sexual intercourse.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36292
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UGANDA: Church leaders encourage AIDS stigma - Reverend
30 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Faith-based organisations are largely responsible for the stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS, the Africa Network of Religious Leaders Living with HIV/AIDS (ANRELA+) has said.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36281
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UGANDA: Church leaders encourage AIDS stigma - Reverend
30 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Faith-based organisations are largely responsible for the stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS, the Africa Network of Religious Leaders Living with HIV/AIDS (ANRELA+) has said.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36280
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UGANDA: Women call for postnatal ARVs
29 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Women activists living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda have called for improved global programmes to prevent the mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36275
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UGANDA: More people living longer with AIDS treatment
29 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Uganda's relatively low rates of AIDS-related deaths can be attributed to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), an expert has said.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36273
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UGANDA: World leaders urged to strengthen AIDS fight
28 October 2003 (PlusNews ), World leaders were called upon to step up the fight against HIV/AIDS at the recent opening of a major international HIV/AIDS conference in Kampala, Uganda.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36267
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UGANDA: Gov't commits to buying generic antiretrovirals
27 October 2003 (PlusNews ), The Ugandan health ministry made its first ever clear commitment on Sunday to buying cheap generic copies of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36264
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UGANDA: New money released for anti-AIDS drugs
21 October 2003 (PlusNews ), People living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda are set to benefit from a new US $70.4 million Global AIDS Fund grant, a local newspaper, The Monitor, reported on Monday.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36240
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UGANDA: Defences strengthened in AIDS battle
20 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Five divisions of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) are set to benefit from individual HIV/AIDS testing and counselling centres.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36234
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UGANDA: Million dollar grant benefits HIV-positive workers
17 October 2003 (PlusNews ), Employees living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda are set to benefit from a US $1 million grant, the US Department of Labour said in a recent statement.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36227
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