HIV/AIDS Crisis in Uganda

Thomas KummerWendy MarquetteKrista ReinhartJennifer RossSara SchmidKathleen SchramSarah ShrinerMichael Silvestri

Uganda’s Background and Facts

•Population: 25-30 million

•Percentage living with aids in 1990

•Percentage in 2001 (When A Closer Walk was made)

•Percentage today

•Average life expectancy

Reasons for Decline

•Increased awareness and education–ABC Approach

•Change in sexual behavior

•Government involvement

•Increased funding from other countries

•Number of deaths related to HIV greater than new cases

Poster Used for Awareness

The ABC Approach

Commonalities Compared to Other Countries

•Poor health care

•Wrongful spending of funds received

•HIV prevalent in poor/low economic areas

•HIV/AIDS hinders reduction in poverty

•Education awareness programs began too late

Commonalities Continued

•HIV/AIDS affects women the most

•Women are powerless

•Prostitution as a major cause is common in some countries

•Parents with HIV/AIDS die younger

•Government involvement

Increasing Awareness

Increasing Awareness

Increasing Awareness

•New way of increasing awareness

Cultural Context and Implication

•Prevalence taken very seriously

•Organizations coming together–i.e. SWAA

•Strong desire for women to bear children

•Inequality for women

•Uganda’s influence

More Awareness Messages

Sources Used•http://www.abaana.org/africa/AIDS%20in%20Uganda.cfm

•http://www.avert.org/aafrica.htm

•http://www.avert.org/aids-america.htm

•http://www.avert.org/aidsuganda.htm

•http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm

•http://www.jesuitaids.net/aidsuganda.htm

•http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/countries/uganda.htm