Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Uganda refuses HIV assistance for "outlawed homosexuals"

By Frank Nyakairu Reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's government said on Monday it would not focus any of its HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes on outlawed homosexuals because the east African country is short of funds.

"Gays are one of the drivers of HIV in Uganda, but because of meagre resources we cannot direct our programmes at them at this time," the chairman of the Uganda AIDS Commission, Kihumuro Apuuli, told reporters in the capital Kampala.

He said the government planned to focus its work on other high risk groups such as sex workers, truck drivers, remote fishing communities and members of the armed forces.

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