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HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda: why has it worked?

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Dr S Genuis
2935-66 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6K 4C1; sgenuis@ualberta.ca

Keywords: ABC strategy; condoms; conference proceedings; HIV/AIDS; partner reduction; presentation abstracts; sexually transmitted infection; Uganda

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The World Health Organisation’s 2004 report Changing History describes the HIV/AIDS pandemic as "the world’s leading public health challenge" and anticipates catastrophic social and economic consequences in many developing countries.¹ This infection, the leading cause of death among 15 to 59 year olds worldwide¹ and the second leading cause of serious sickness and disability in the world,² infects an estimated 14 000 people each day. In noticeable contrast with escalating HIV rates in many nations, a unique programme in Uganda, one of the nations worst hit by the HIV epidemic, has resulted in a profound decline in national HIV seroprevalence from reported rates as high as 30% in the early 1990s^3,4—the highest in the world at the time⁴—to an estimated 5% in 2001.⁵ Given the proportions of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, a public health crisis that is only in its early phases,⁶ many organisations and groups have . . . [Full text of this article]