Search
  1. Home
  2. East Africa
  3. Uganda

USAID targets Uganda's HIV-positive women

    JOHANNESBURG
    HIV-positive pregnant women in Uganda are set to benefit from a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant, local newspaper The Monitor reported on Monday. The funding comes as part of USAID's new initiative to provide HIV/AIDS drugs to one million mothers in 14 countries around the world. Spokesman for the US embassy in Kampala, Michael Gonzales, said Uganda had already received US $7 million to enhance the country's existing HIV/AIDS drug programme over 18 months. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimated that some 90,000 women in 17 districts were granted access to antiretrovirals through the existing programme in 2002. The 13 other countries targeted by USAID are Haiti, Guyana, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join