News in brief
Apr 06, 2008
<b>Sh722m for AIDS project</b><br>KIBAALE - The district is to get sh722m for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. The district health officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, said the five-year project would be funded by the Elizabeth Glazier Foundation on Paediatric AIDS.
Sh722m for AIDS project
KIBAALE - The district is to get sh722m for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. The district health officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, said the five-year project would be funded by the Elizabeth Glazier Foundation on Paediatric AIDS. He added children living with HIV/AIDS would be given anti-retroviral drugs. “In the past, children aged one-and-half could not be tested for HIV but currently, we have testing kits for babies as young as six weeks,†Kyamanywa said. In a related development, The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) has renewed its annual contribution towards the fight against the scourge at Kagadi Hospital.
Education campaign
MBARARA - The primary education state minister, Peter Lokeris, has urged parents to return to school children who drop out due to pregnancies. He made the remarks during the launch of the Go back to School Campaign at Karugutu Primary School last Tuesday.
KIBAALE - The district is to get sh722m for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. The district health officer, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa, said the five-year project would be funded by the Elizabeth Glazier Foundation on Paediatric AIDS. He added children living with HIV/AIDS would be given anti-retroviral drugs. “In the past, children aged one-and-half could not be tested for HIV but currently, we have testing kits for babies as young as six weeks,†Kyamanywa said. In a related development, The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) has renewed its annual contribution towards the fight against the scourge at Kagadi Hospital.
Education campaign
MBARARA - The primary education state minister, Peter Lokeris, has urged parents to return to school children who drop out due to pregnancies. He made the remarks during the launch of the Go back to School Campaign at Karugutu Primary School last Tuesday.