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Criminalizing HIV transmission targets women most |
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BY Flavia Kyomukama
How can we criminalize HIV transmission when we haven't fulfilled our own obligations in the family, community and government? Where is the Penal code in all this? How about the Domestic Relations Bill and Sexual Offences Bill? How much investments have we put into livelihoods to contain HV transmission?
All the above questions beg answers. However, HIV/AIDS in a culture like ours has really doomed us Africans. In a country like Uganda where: |
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Coping with HIV/AIDS in Armed forces |
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By Stella Kentutsi
In the recent past, armed forces have been considered one of the categories of the Most At Risk Populations (MARPS). This is because of the nature of their work that involves deployment/movement from one area to another and more often than not, leaving their families behind. In the process, a number of officers have acquired HIV/AIDS. In a bid to forestall and mitigate the impact of HIV transmissions and infections, NAFOPHANU, on inception in 2003, organized to have Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) included in its networks/forums and thus, treated as a special district of armed forces and represented at the Board of Directors level. |
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