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Ntinda, Kampala – The Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) calls on the Uganda government to follow the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) recommendations on making innovations and adaptations in HIV/AIDS prevention services. A Global HIV Prevention Coalition newly-published report titled, Preventing HIV infections at the time of a new pandemic: a synthesis report on programme disruptions and adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, provides a synthesis of the status of HIV prevention programming during the COVID-19 pandemic, identifies critical vulnerabilities, risks and major service disruptions and documents responses in a... Read More

Ntinda, Kampala – According to the Daily Monitor of June 30, 2021, local leaders and human rights activists in Bukedi sub-region have expressed concern over the increasing levels of child marriages, especially in rural communities. The leaders say that the economic distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is the leading cause of child marriages as parents offer their daughters in exchange for cows and goats. “Majority of the parents are marrying off their school-going girls because of economic hardships. This has become a habit, and it has increased levels of... Read More

Milton Mutagomoka is a resident of Bubukwanga and a Community Activist in Bundibugyo district. Milton’s broken life is now a breath of fresh air from the series of trainings he has attended with SASA! Together Start and Awareness phases. From his own confession, Milton regrets his behavior with his four wives that he mistreated and led to their departure after a very short stay with him. The most patient stayed with him for a year, while the fourth wife lasted for only a month. “I had a challenge in my... Read More