How Uganda Reversed Its HIV Epidemic
Open Access
- 21 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in AIDS and Behavior
- Vol. 10 (4), 351-360
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-006-9118-2
Abstract
Uganda is one of only two countries in the world that has successfully reversed the course of its HIV epidemic. There remains much controversy about how Uganda's HIV prevalence declined in the 1990s. This article describes the prevention programs and activities that were implemented in Uganda during critical years in its HIV epidemic, 1987 to 1994. Multiple resources were aggregated to fuel HV prevention campaigns at multiple levels to a far greater degree than in neighboring countries. We conclude that the reversed direction of the HIV epidemic in Uganda was the direct result of these interventions and that other countries in the developing world could similarly prevent or reverse the escalation of HIV epidemics with greater availability of HIV prevention resources, and well designed programs that take efforts to a critical breadth and depth of effort.Keywords
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