Uganda to get AIDS funds

Nov 10, 2002

UGANDA has been selected as one of the 14 countries to benefit from US$500m that US President George Bush has pledged for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, reports <b>Charles Wendo.</b>

UGANDA has been selected as one of the 14 countries to benefit from US$500m that US President George Bush has pledged for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, reports Charles Wendo.
The US State Department’s special representative on HIV/AIDS, Dr. Jack Chow, said they were only waiting for approval from their legislative body, the Congress, before the project takes off. The money will be shared among 14 countries in Africa and the Caribbean.
“I’m confident that a partnership with Uganda on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission will be fruitful,” he said.
Chow was speaking to The New Vision at the Entebbe International Airport on Thursday at the end of his two-day visit to Uganda.
The National Political Commissar, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, said the donation would enable Uganda expand the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
He said it would also enable the Government treat HIV-positive mothers so that they can live longer to look after their babies.
Kiyonga said the drug Nevirapine was being used to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission but the scope of the project was limited by resource constraints. Ends

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