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Uganda: Marriage, the new frontier in HIV prevention

In Uganda you have a higher risk of contracting HIV if you are married and over 30 than if you are single and in your twenties, according to the UNAIDS 2008 global epidemic report.

4 Aug 2008

The report notes that although HIV prevalence in Uganda has stabilised at 5.4 percent, "there are signs of a possible resurgence in sexual risk-taking that could cause the epidemic to grow again."

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