300 children test HIV-positive in Gulu
Sep 26, 2005
Three hundred children out of the 700 who were recently tested for HIV/AIDS in Gulu were found positive, the medical officer at Gulu regional referral hospital, Dr. Geoffery Openy-thoo, has said.
By Odwong W’Ayo
Three hundred children out of the 700 who were recently tested for HIV/AIDSÂ in Gulu were found positive, the medical officer at Gulu regional referral hospital, Dr. Geoffery Openy-thoo, has said.
Openythoo said this on Saturday at a workshop organised by Health Alert Uganda, an NGO operating in Gulu district.
He said only 70 of the affected children were on ARV treatment
He said some who have responded well to treatment have started attending school and he advised the school authorities not to subject these children to hard work.
Three hundred children out of the 700 who were recently tested for HIV/AIDSÂ in Gulu were found positive, the medical officer at Gulu regional referral hospital, Dr. Geoffery Openy-thoo, has said.
Openythoo said this on Saturday at a workshop organised by Health Alert Uganda, an NGO operating in Gulu district.
He said only 70 of the affected children were on ARV treatment
He said some who have responded well to treatment have started attending school and he advised the school authorities not to subject these children to hard work.