PROCAARE: Epidemiology, Uganda

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[From the CDC AIDSNews Service. - Mod.]

"AIDS Has Killed 400,000 Ugandans"
Reuters (09/27/97)
     The Uganda AIDS Commission has reported that at least
400,000 people have died from AIDS-related diseases in the
country since 1984.  The figure is the commission's first
estimate of the overall toll AIDS has taken on Uganda's
population.  During testimony to a parliamentary committee,
Commission Director-General Omwiny Ojwok also noted that about 90
percent of Uganda's current population of 18 million now know how
to avoid contracting HIV.  Some 1.5 million Ugandans are
currently HIV-positive, Ojwok added.

David Radune <dradune@smtpinet.aspensys.com>

KEYWORDS:  Epidemiology, Death Toll, Prevalence, Uganda
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