USAID, Ugandan Activists Striving to Support HIV Patients Amid Anti-Gay Bill - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

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Uganda’s former prime minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, has applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development for its support in fighting AIDS. Rugunda recalled that as the AIDS pandemic ravaged the country in the 1990s and early 2000s, the government had no means to afford treatment for patients.

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USAID, Ugandan Activists Striving to Support HIV Patients Amid Anti-Gay Bill - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

Uganda's former prime minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, has applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development for its support in fighting AIDS, saying the country cannot afford to treat patients on its own. An estimated 1.2 million Ugandans aged 15 to 64 are living with HIV/AIDS and surviving on anti-retroviral drugs. Almost all HIV/AIDS patients receive the…

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