Minister Atubo tips IDPs on HIV/AIDS
May 20, 2007
LANDS and Housing minister has cautioned the internally displaced people returning home from the camps to guard against contracting HIV/AIDS. Omara Atubo, who was passing out peer educators last Saturday, lamented that the HIV prevalence rates in the north were very high.
By Hudson Olwa
LANDS and Housing minister has cautioned the internally displaced people returning home from the camps to guard against contracting HIV/AIDS. Omara Atubo, who was passing out peer educators last Saturday, lamented that the HIV prevalence rates in the north were very high.
“A lot of effort is being made by the Government and other partners to ensure that the HIV prevalence in the north is reduced from 30.4% to 6.4%,â€Atubo said.
He promised to use his ministerial position to aid people infected with HIV in the region. “I want them to contribute to national development.â€
He noted that the factors Paralysing the Government’s fight against HIV/AIDS were the LRA insurgency, Karimojong raids and duplication of work by some non-governmental organisations.
Atubo gave the peer educators two motorcycles, bicycles and a fish pond worth sh15m.
The Lira deputy resident district commissioner, Godfrey Aluma, advised the returnees to practise safe sex.
“Most of the people in the camps are ignorant about the use of condoms as a protective measure.â€
LANDS and Housing minister has cautioned the internally displaced people returning home from the camps to guard against contracting HIV/AIDS. Omara Atubo, who was passing out peer educators last Saturday, lamented that the HIV prevalence rates in the north were very high.
“A lot of effort is being made by the Government and other partners to ensure that the HIV prevalence in the north is reduced from 30.4% to 6.4%,â€Atubo said.
He promised to use his ministerial position to aid people infected with HIV in the region. “I want them to contribute to national development.â€
He noted that the factors Paralysing the Government’s fight against HIV/AIDS were the LRA insurgency, Karimojong raids and duplication of work by some non-governmental organisations.
Atubo gave the peer educators two motorcycles, bicycles and a fish pond worth sh15m.
The Lira deputy resident district commissioner, Godfrey Aluma, advised the returnees to practise safe sex.
“Most of the people in the camps are ignorant about the use of condoms as a protective measure.â€