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The Uganda AIDS Commission has drafted a strategy to streamline
HIV/AIDS communication in the country, the New Vision reports.
The plan seeks to unify various national HIV/AIDS awareness
messages, UAC Director-General Kihumuro Apuuli said at a recent
meeting for the Young, Empowered and Healthy initiative in
Kampala, Uganda.”Not all stakeholders in HIV/AIDS give the same
message,” he said. According to Apuuli, some people think that
antiretroviral drugs “are a cure for HIV,” some “think that
circumcision prevents HIV, while others are opposed to condoms.”
He added, “We will analyze the type of messages delivered. These
messages must be clear.”Apuuli also said that HIV/AIDS efforts
have focused on young people in the country at the expense of
older groups, causing a resurgence of HIV cases among older
populations, the New Vision reports.YEAH was launched in 2004 by
UAC. The initiative designs and conducts behavior change
campaigns for people ages 15 to 24 to help curb HIV, early
pregnancy and school dropout rates (Baguma, New Vision, 5/22)
