AFRO-NETS> New booklet: HIV/AIDS Control in Kabarole District, Uganda

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

New booklet: HIV/AIDS Control in Kabarole District, Uganda
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By Albert Kilian
Basic Health Services Project Kabarole, Uganda
and Sector Project "AIDS Control in Developing Countries"

Published by:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
65760 Eschborn, Germany
in cooperation with Ministry of Health, The Republic of Uganda

Since the early 1980s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has spread rapidly 
throughout the African continent. By the end of 2001 an estimated 29 
million people were living with HIV in Africa. That same year 3.5 
million people became newly infected with the disease and 2.2 million 
individuals died from AIDS-related causes. At the end of 2001, more 
than 14 million children worldwide had lost one or both parents to 
the epidemic. By providing support to a number of projects, GTZ has 
been assisting African countries in their fight against the epidemic 
since 1987. Several district-based initiatives have been implemented, 
with particular emphasis on prevention, health information, and com-
munity involvement. In addition, an HIV/AIDS prevention and control 
component has been incorporated into numerous projects on primary 
health care, reproductive health and family planning. Many lessons 
have been learnt during this period. The past six years have seen a 
measurable impact on the course of the epidemic, for example in two 
ongoing district-based control projects - in Tanzania's Mbeya Region 
(the results are documented in "Hope for Tanzania", see bibliography) 
and the Basic Health Services project in Kabarole, Uganda. This bro-
chure provides an insight into the experience gained in Kabarole, 
highlighting ways of measuring success in the fight against HIV/AIDS. 
The GTZ sector project "AIDS control in developing countries" was es-
tablished in 1986. It supports the development and promotion of suc-
cessful prevention and control strategies for HIV and other sexually 
transmitted diseases with special emphasis on an integrated, multi-
sectoral approach. The project's "good practices" series documents 
examples of HIV/AIDS work and provides evidence of reductions in HIV 
infection rates and changes in the sexual behaviour of the target 
population. The aim is to make this information available to national 
and international partners. We hope that by documenting these results 
we can contribute towards developing tools and instruments for 
HIV/AIDS control at a district level that can be applied in a great 
variety of settings.

Dr. Thomas Kirsch-Woik
Senior Planning Officer
Health, Education, Social Protection Division
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
mailto:Thomas.Kirsch-Woik@gtz.de

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