Better HAG Uganda tests 412 people at Bumbo

The findings from the 2011 Uganda National HIV Indicator Survey show that the prevalence rates i.e. the proportion of Ugandans, age 15-49, who are infected with HIV has risen and now stands at 7.3% (and even higher in women at 8.3%), up from 6.4% in the 2004-05 survey...read more

Fighting Violence in schools

A recent ActionAid report indicates that the national annual primary school dropout rates for girls in Uganda is at 20% and about four times more in some districts in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Here, early marriages and teenage pregnancies are well above 50% compared to the national average of 25%... read more