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Global Challenges | Number of New HIV Cases in Uganda Increasing, AIDS Commission Official Says
[May 22, 2006]

      The number of new HIV infections in Uganda has increased from 70,000 in 2003 to about 130,000 in 2005, Uganda AIDS Commission Director-General Kihumuro Apuuli said Thursday, the Monitor/AllAfrica.com reports. Apuuli, speaking on HIV/AIDS Vaccine Awareness Day, said that despite financial support from donors, the incidence of new HIV cases in Uganda still is increasing. "We must have [antiretroviral drugs], intensify our prevention strategies and care for those infected," he said (Masumbuko/Miti, Monitor/AllAfrica.com, 5/19).


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