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Monitor Online "Yesterday, a commemoration was held at Kasensero to mark 25 years since the first victim of HIV/Aids was identified in Uganda. But it seems HIV/Aids that started as a global problem is soon going to be a third world, or I should say, an African dilemma. While 33.2 million people in the world are HIV positive, 22.5 per cent of these are in the third world countries and Africa alone has 68.7 per cent of the people living with HIV/Aids. (www.avert.org).

In Uganda it’s reported that while there was a magic decline from 15 per cent in 1990 to 5 per cent in 2001, the status has since stagnated at 6.7 per cent. The media quoted the chairperson of the Aids Parliamentary Committee, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, questioning why only 3 per cent of a sexually active population should be aware of their HIV status."

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