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New Vision (Kampala) - December 28, 2006
Ali Mao
The survey recorded that 280 children under five years and 375 adults, mostly women, were infected with HIV/AIDS.
The report said about 70% of the people in the camps are drunkards.
It said in Lalogi displaced people's camp, women brew a local gin called 'apye anyoni' which intoxicates people, who end up indulging in unsafe sex.
The report said those taking anti-retrovirial drugs do not want to die alone and therefore find others to infect.
It cited Tetugu displaced people's camp, where many youth use condoms and dispose them of in open places where children play with them.
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