EDITORIAL
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda: why has it worked?
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr S Genuis
2935-66 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6K 4C1; sgenuis@ualberta.ca
HIV/AIDS prevention
Keywords: ABC strategy; condoms; conference proceedings; HIV/AIDS; partner reduction; presentation abstracts; sexually transmitted infection; Uganda
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The World Health Organisation’s 2004 report Changing History describes the HIV/AIDS pandemic as "the world’s leading public health challenge" and anticipates catastrophic social and economic consequences in many developing countries.1 This infection, the leading cause of death among 15 to 59 year olds worldwide1 and the second leading cause of serious sickness and disability in the world,2 infects an estimated 14 000 people each day. In noticeable contrast with escalating HIV rates in many nations, a unique programme in Uganda, one of the nations worst hit by the HIV epidemic, has resulted in a profound decline in national HIV seroprevalence from reported rates as high as 30% in the early 1990s3,4—the highest in the world at the time4—to an estimated 5% in 2001.5 Given the proportions of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, a public health crisis that is only in its early phases,6 many organisations and groups have
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