By; Ben Musanje

10th Aug 2020

Government is worried over the 200,000 Ugandans that are hiding away from accessing treatment for HIV/AIDS in the country, the Minister for Presidency Esther Mbayo has disclosed.

 

At least 1.4 million people have HIV/AIDs in Uganda of which 1.2 of them are on ARVs yet over 200,000 Ugandans can’t access drags according to the report delivered today on the Status of HIV in Uganda with Emphasis on HIV Prevalence and ART Coverage in the Various Districts of the country.

 

Addressing the journalists at the Uganda Media Center in Kampala, Minister Mbayo says that 6.8% women and 4.2% men, 2.8% and 1.1%  for girls and boys respectively are infected with HIV/AIDs.

 

The Director General of Uganda Aids Commission Dr Musoba says that the leading cause of HIV/AIDs is still through unprotected sex and multiple sexual partners that is easy to be controlled once every Ugandan corporate.

 

Dr Joshua Musinguzi, the Commissioner Aids Control Program in the Ministry of Health hints out to 60 percent of the 190000 people died of HIV/AIDs in 2019 being men

 

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