Caused by tse tse flies and rated as one of the neglected tropical ailments in the developing world, the disease is already spreading to new areas of Uganda where it was once eradicated.

A new study released last week  shows that 40 percent of health workers in  public, private, faith based and non governmental health facilities exhibit stigma and discrimination tendencies against HIV Aids positive patients.

 Conducted between 2006 and 2007 in the country’s five provinces, the study reveals how government hospitals are operating without standard policy guidelines for People Living with HIV Aids (PLHIV), despite the policy documents lying at the Ministry of Health.

Pamela Aoko Ndhiwa has lived here for the last three years. She seems oblivious to the the sewage just inches from her plastic sandals as she crosses the small bridges leading to her house.

As they play innocently in the compounds of displace persons, the smiles of HIV positive children belie the harrowing and near death situation they are in.

International agencies have just issued an alert that a significant number of the 12,000 children on antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs are part of the displaced persons and are unable to access their medication.

Kenyans will now have to wait for a couple of months before the much anticipated AIDS vaccine trials in Kagemi takes off, following disappointing results of a different HIV vaccine trial conducted by Merck and Company.

The Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI) research team has already written to local regulatory authorities informing them of the delay. In the communication they also explain that while the Merck and their vaccine are designed on the same concept, they are fundamentally different in other aspects.