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An MSF head nurse talks about family planning to people at Kasese market. Uganda, April 2019. © MSF/ Peter Pantiushkin

    In Uganda, where 1.2 million people are HIV positive,¹ MSF is working to address gaps in care, particularly for adolescents and people at advanced stages of the disease.

    In Uganda, in Arua, our HIV programme focuses on children and adolescents and patients with advanced HIV disease or a high viral load, particularly those in treatment failure and in need of third-line regimens…

    ¹ Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (UPHIA), 2016-2017.

    Read full article in International Activity Report 2019


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