AEGiS-NV: Uganda: The Rich 'More Prone to HIV Infection'

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Uganda: The Rich 'More Prone to HIV Infection'

New Vision (Kampala) - December 23, 2006
Carol Natukunda

WEALTHY people are more prone to HIV infection than the poor. "Poverty is not associated with infection rates in the way we originally thought. Often it is the wealthier people that have higher HIV infection rates," international and Uganda AIDS researchers noted at a symposium in Kampala last week.

Researchers also observed that infection among the wealthy may be influenced by a number of factors, such as greater mobility, more disposable income for alcohol and recreation, and residence in urban areas.

"This can lead to a greater number of sex partners and higher risks of infection," they said.

One of the co-chairs of the symposium, American anti-AIDS activist Dr. Edward Green, said HIV prevalence appeared to be on the rise again.

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