UGANDA
Known as the
country hardest-hit by AIDS,
Uganda is slowly gaining all
upper hand in its fight
against the deadly disease.
Recent studies have shown
that the spread of AIDS has
slowed clown among the
country's young adults. The
rite of infection among
teenagers in the worst-hit
parts of the Country his
chopped sharply in the last
five years. The number of
pregnant women who have
tested Positive for HIV - the
AIDS Virus - has also gone
down from 30 per cent in
some urban areas five years
ago, to between 15 and 20 per cent today. But these figures may pale away into
insignificance when compared with the enormous
scale of infection and disease
in the country. Experts
believe that the reversal of
trends holds a glimmer of
hope for other African countries battling the scourge.
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