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Uganda Christian University senior lecturer Dr Boniface Mutatina has called for a review of Uganda’s ABC (Abstinence, Being faithful and Condom use) HIV prevention strategy, saying the country needs a more flexible approach to address changing trends in the epidemic.
Speaking at a national high-level dialogue in Kampala on Tuesday, November 10, Mutatina said the ABC model had laid a strong foundation for HIV prevention but needed to evolve in response to changing social, cultural and demographic factors.
He called for a shift towards combination prevention, which brings together different HIV prevention methods to respond to people’s varying needs and circumstances.
The dialogue, organised by the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was held under the theme, “From ABC to Combination Prevention: Preserving Uganda's Prevention Legacy While Responding to Today's HIV Epidemic and Context.”
Latest estimates indicate that about 1.5 million Ugandans are living with HIV, while the country records approximately 34,000 new infections annually. Adolescent girls and young women account for the majority of the new infections.
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