Uganda's traditional ways could be a tool against HIV

"The singer says all the girls are now prostitutes and the men have turned to drink," said Alex Odong as he translated the lyrics of a song blaring from the radio in his taxi, in the northern town of Kitgum. "He wonders what has gone wrong with our society since the war."

A walk through Labuje camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kitgum proves the singer's point. It is only 10 o'clock in the morning, but in a small round hut with 'Ber' - 'good' in Acholi - written on it, several men huddle in a circle, sucking on long straws that snake out of a pot filled with the local alcoholic brew.

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