BATTLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS
PRESS RELEASE THUR-3RD-DEC-09
E.K BENJAMIN
4O million people around the world are confirmed to be living with HIV. And 22.4 million are in Sub Saharan Africa.
Yesterday but one Uganda joined the rest of the world in commemoration of the world AIDS day;
A relatively small percentage of our people can access ARVs yet over 1 million are living with HIV in our country.
Statistics continues to say that over 1 million have succumbed to HIV/AIDS living over 1.2 million children orphans!
This implies that our efforts in fighting the disease require acceleration, we still have a big tusk in reducing the level at which HIV is spreading.
The People’s Development Party extended a contributory hand over the weekend in mobilizing students in Makerere for the Awareness Match around Wandegeya and finally to Nkrumah Grounds under the theme "Universal Access to HIV/AIDS Services& Human Rights."
The event was officiated with Major Lubalamira Lubanga who has boldly confessed being HIV +ve always!
Personally I co-held the banner as we matched.
We equally participated in the AIDS events in Nakivubo stadium and encouraged our people to go for testing.
The battle against HIV/AIDS will continue but must be fought collectively;
Members of the Press& Media, politicians, Non Governmental Organizations, social workers, individuals, religious & cultural leaders must all join hands with the Government and International health bodies if we are combat the risks of HIV/AIDS
spreads and prevention.
We feel depressed and insecure to see that the public has not received thorough knowledge on how to fight an reduce HIV/IDS and that’s why PDP is now involving with groups and individuals who fight the disease
Our people in the villages of Nakapiripit, in the islands of Ssese, Internally Displaced Camps, Refugee areas, in the district of Rakai, Masaka, Sembabule and all over the country must be given support and access information to help them live healthy including
those who are already infected so that they may live longer.
It should be only an issue of distributing condoms in Institutions of learning and public places but to fully inculcate knowledge that will both boast moral fabric as well as sensitization.
Reports say that at the time between 1990-2001 where ...
