Uganda AIDS Rate  -  Role Model

 A study published in the British Medical Journal has described Uganda’s AIDS programme as ‘equivalent to a highly effective vaccine’. Uganda’s AIDS rate decreased by as much as 75% after the government introduced a programme based on abstinence and fidelity which resulted in a reduction in sexual partners and a delaying of sexual activity. The Cambridge researchers who produced the study said that there had to be a ‘shift in strategic thinking on health policy and HIV/AIDS’ if Uganda’s success was to be replicated elsewhere. [LifeSiteNews.com, 30 April]

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Updated on RARTL May 2004