Monitoring and Evaluation of National HIV Prevention, AIDS Care and STD Control Programs (Uganda case study)
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The first documented cases of AIDS in Uganda were reported in October 1985. Early cases, however, were seen in 1982, in the Rakai district (Southwestern Uganda). Since then the AIDS epidemic has spread to all parts of Uganda. In 1988, a national serosurvey was conducted under WHO to establish the extent of HIV infection in Uganda. This survey revealed that about one million Ugandans were HIV positive. The current projected number of HIV infected individuals is about 1.5 million. The average seroprevalance in Uganda is estimated to be about 10% with seroprevalence as high as 50% in some rural towns in the Rakai District.
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