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New Vision (Kampala) - November 21, 2006
Conan Businge
The new WHO report says in the programme, nurses are trained to handle some work traditionally done by doctors and community health workers take up the nurses' roles.
The report, however, said the global AIDS epidemic has continued to grow.
"There is evidence that some countries are seeing resurgence of new HIV infection rates yet they were previously stable or declining," the report said.
The report said these countries are now either slowing down or experiencing increase in infection rates.
"This is worrying as we know increased HIV prevention programmes in these countries have shown progress in the pastûUganda as a prime example," the United Nations AIDS programme executive director, Dr. Peter Piot, said.
"This means that countries are not moving at the same speed as their epidemics," he added.
The chairman of the Commission of the African Union, Alpha Konare, said even though Africa confronts the world's most drastic health crisis, there were public health solutions that work in its setting.
"These (solutions) can be extended to all Africans in need if governments build on lessons learnt from successful interventions, while seeking better coordination with efforts of international partners," Konare said. The report said 60% of the people in Africa's region covered by WHO are living with HIV.
"However, the number of HIV-positive people on ARVs increased eight-fold, from 100,000 in December 2003 to 810,000 in December 2005," it said.
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