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July 26-27, 2017 | Vancouver, Canada
WORLD CONFERENCE ON STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
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U
ganda is one of the countries in the world most seriously
affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and thousands
of people in the country have died of the disease. The
overall antenatal prevalence rate by 2011 was estimated
at 6.5 percent closely comparing with 6.1 percent in 2010
(Ministry of Health, 2012). Despite the registered declines
which have been attributed to strong preventive measures
including condom use, public awareness raising campaigns
and behaviour change messages, these rates are still high
by international standards with severe socio-economic
and demographic impact at the national, community and
household levels. Majority of HIV/AIDS cases (83%) occur
among young adults 15-40 years old with just under half of
those HIV cases occurring between the ages 10-24years.
Methods:
However Uganda is embracing 90-90-90 strategy
An ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDs epidemic.
By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their
HIV status. By 2020, 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV
infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy. By
2020, 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will
have viral suppression this is highlighted by
Prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) reports
since it was
launched in 2011, the UNAIDS Global Plan has had a marked
effect on bringing HIV services to children and women in
Uganda. By the end of 2015, 93% of pregnant women were
tested for HIV and knew their result. Whilst embracing
SDG3
Good health and well being PEPFAR (US Presidential
Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief) is the major contributor to
the international funding of HIV and AIDS around the world,
particularly to African countries including Uganda.
Results and Discussion:
Uganda as a country has taken up an
aggressive treatment scale up effort and current data shows
that Uganda achieved the programmatic tipping point in
2013 of having fewer new adult infections of 140,000 than
the net increase in adult patients on treatment of 161,028
per year. The figure bellow shows the comparison of the
estimated number of annual new infections, the number
of adults on treatment and estimated death overtime from
2004 to 2014. The estimated AIDS death declined by 19,583
between 2012 and 2014. HIV incidence rate is projected to
fall from 2014 Uganda HIV and AIDS Country Progress report
Page11 approximately 0.76% in 2014 to 0.46% in 2020, and
annual new infections from 139,086 in 2013 to just over
100,000 in 2020 according to the Uganda Investment case
2014. For successful mitigation of Uganda’s severe HIV
epidemic, a series of comprehensive health, political and
social strategies will need to be implemented. For people
who inject drugs, both political and cultural conditions need
to be redressed, starting with transforming punitive laws
that criminalise the use of drugs. Continued movement
away from criminalisation towards a humane and supportive
approach to drug users will transform national strategies into
the best public health outcomes. HIV prevalence is higher
among women (8.3%) than among men (6.1%) emphasis
should be directed at PMTCT Program, ABC Program through
demonstrations, video shows and drama through thorough
sensitizations about HIV/AIDS to tackle the problem of myths
that is still existing with some communities.
e:
bwkcharlie@gmail.comPrevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) as one of the most effective HIV prevention
programmes in Uganda
Bwanika Charles
Giving Children Hope Initiative, Uganda