HIV Prevention

HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. In 2018, some 770 000 people died from HIV-related causes globally.

The number of new HIV infections continues to decline. However, the progress is much slower than what is required to reach the targets of zero infection uganda by 2040.

During the last seven years, there have been significant improvements in the reduction of new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS-related causes in Uganda.

 These achievements have been the result of the scale-up of HIV combination prevention interventions, including structural, behavioural and biomedical interventions. Core interventions have included: abstinence, faithfulness and condom use (ABC); safe male circumcision; HIV counselling and testing; elimination of mother-to-child transmission; HIV care and treatment, especially antiretroviral therapy; and ensuring the empowerment of women to reduce gender inequality

Despite these achievements, challenges remain, including high levels of new infections among adolescent girls and young women, and low involvement of men in HIV programs. As a result, HIV remains a major challenge, and it continues to impact negatively on the realization of a Vision of an HIV free Uganda by 2040.