Health- Uganda

Health- Uganda

HIV/AIDS
1. Facts (Uganda 2015)
  1. 1.5 million people living with HIV
  2. 7.1% adult prevelance
  3. 28,000 AIDS related deaths
  4. 57% of the adult population on retroviral drugs
  5. nearly 1/3 of Ugandans in 1986 contracted HIV
2. The effected population
  1. Homosexual men, only 44% have been tested
  2. Sex workers- only 54% of sex workers had received a HIV test in the last 6 months
  3. girls and young women
  4. people who inject drugs- 16.7% global stat
3. ABC
  1. Abstinence, be faithful, comdom
  2. 1987
  3. by 2001 infection rates down by 6%
  4. women
    1. ministry of women's affairs set up
  5. drop in age of 1st sex and of the number of 15019 year olds having sex
  6. pre marital sex dropped
4. other initiatives/support
  1. 1990- AIDS information centre
  2. 1994- $50 million borrowed from the word bank
  3. 2001- government agreed to spend $47.5 mil over the next 5 years
5. Evaluation
  1. What they got right
    1. Borrowing $50 million form WB
    2. Free contraception
    3. Free anti retroviral drugs
    4. communication
  2. what they got worng
    1. Condom shortages
    2. corruption- 2005 the global funds to fight AIDS suspended the disbursal of money due to irregualrities
    3. conflict- 20,000 girls abducted, 50% of whom have some type of STD
    4. Stigma towards at risk groups
6. Impacts
  1. political
    1. lower life expectancy
    2. loss of confidence in government programmes leads to unrest
  2. Economic
    1. money needed for drugs
    2. less investment in infrastructure
    3. UN= by 2025 its economy will be reduced by up to 39%
  3. Social
    1. lower life expectancy
    2. increased in poverty, raised by .4% a year
    3. money needed leaves to early school leavers
Malaria
1. Facts
  1. epidemic 95% of the country
  2. a person looses 23.4% of their life to malaria
  3. pregnant women 4x more likely to get malaria
  4. 60% of miscarriages due to malaria
2. Case Study: Apac Uganda
  1. 3 doctors in area
    1. has up to 5000 people a day
  2. shortage of anti malarial drugs
  3. 2010: £20 million worth of anti malarial drugs donated
  4. Black markets- 1500 doses seized in 1 raid
3. Gates Foundation
  1. drugs, money, DDT and nets
  2. scientists and experts
  3. more than $550 million in grants
  4. more than $150 million to the path malaria vaccine innitiative
4. Role Back Malaria
  1. coordinate activity

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