How Uganda Reversed Its HIV Epidemic
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Date
2006
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Publisher
AIDS and Behavior
Abstract
Uganda is one of only two countries in the world that has successfully reversed the course of its HIV epidemic.
There remains much controversy about how Uganda’s HIV prevalence declined in the 1990s. This article describes the
prevention programs and activities that were implemented in Uganda during critical years in its HIV epidemic, 1987 to
1994. Multiple resources were aggregated to fuel HV prevention campaigns at multiple levels to a far greater degree
than in neighboring countries. We conclude that the reversed direction of the HIV epidemic in Uganda was the direct result
of these interventions and that other countries in the developing world could similarly prevent or reverse the escalation of
HIV epidemics with greater availability of HIV prevention resources, and well designed programs that take efforts to a
critical breadth and depth of effort.
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Keywords
AIDS, Uganda, Prevention, Epidemic
Citation
Slutkin, G., Okware, S., Naamara, W., Sutherland, D., Flanagan, D., Carael, M., ... & Tarantola, D. (2006). How Uganda reversed its HIV epidemic. AIDS and Behavior, 10(4), 351-360.DOI 10.1007/s10461-006-9118-2