Uganda is experiencing a resurgence in HIV AIDS twenty years after it successfully reduced the rate of infection. Dr Kihumuro Apuuli, director of the Uganda Aids Commission, said the country was facing a huge challenge to prevent the rise in new infections, and suggested that the rise was due to Uganda’s decision to focus on treatment, rather than prevention. Uganda recently launched a five-year plan estimated at 2bn US Dollars to slash the rate of infection by 40 percent. Dr Chris Baryomunsi, vice-chairperson of the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, said mounting evidence showed many HIV AIDS programmes were ineffective. He said prevention messages needed to take note of what was driving the epidemic, like multiple partnerships and a lack of HIV testing. – Panos, London.

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