First Lady appeals to clerics on AIDS
Nov 22, 2004
The First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has appealed to religious denominations and leaders of faith-based organisations to take up a leading role in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
By Vision Reporter
The First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has appealed to religious denominations and leaders of faith-based organisations to take up a leading role in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
She called upon them to promote abstinence among the youth and faithfulness in marriage.
Mrs. Museveni was addressing a consultative meeting that she convened for leaders of religious organisations.
The meeting took place at the International conference centre in Kampala on Thursday.
Mrs. Museveni urged religious leaders to form a united front in the struggle against HIV/AIDS “to reduce the 70,000 new infections that take place every year in Uganda.â€
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala said promiscuity and immorality had increased the rate of HIV/AIDS infection.
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The First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has appealed to religious denominations and leaders of faith-based organisations to take up a leading role in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
She called upon them to promote abstinence among the youth and faithfulness in marriage.
Mrs. Museveni was addressing a consultative meeting that she convened for leaders of religious organisations.
The meeting took place at the International conference centre in Kampala on Thursday.
Mrs. Museveni urged religious leaders to form a united front in the struggle against HIV/AIDS “to reduce the 70,000 new infections that take place every year in Uganda.â€
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala said promiscuity and immorality had increased the rate of HIV/AIDS infection.
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