‘AIDS leads to child abuse’

THE HIV/AIDS epidemic is the biggest contributor to the worrying figures of child sexual abuse in Uganda, the African Network for Prevention & Protection Against Child Abuse & Neglect (ANPPCAN) Uganda Chapter has said, writes Vision Reporter. Fred Kalyoowa, the director ANPPCAN, a non-governmental organisation working with children, told a press conference at their offices on Monday that the HIV/AIDS epidemic had become a cause and consequence in the abuse of children.Ends