AEGiS-NV: Minister urges clerics on HIV/AIDS

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Minister urges clerics on HIV/AIDS

New Vision (Kampala) - August 24, 2009
Silvano Kibuuka

The health ministry has called on church leaders and sports administrators to be core actors in combating the HIV/AIDS scourge. Dr. Sam Zaramaba, the director of health services, was appealing to members of the Churches United Against HIV and AIDS (CUAHA) from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda at a two-day seminar at the Golf Course Hotel in Entebbe recently.

The seminar was also attended by members from World Vision and the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC). "The talking ammunition has done a lot in Uganda but people are beginning to relax because of the new technologies and medicine. We want the church to continue delivering the HIV/AIDS message," Zaramba said.

He said maternal health also needed attention. "We should stop women dying of maternal complications. Statistics in Uganda indicate that 35,000 out of every 100,000 women die as compared to Sweden where only 3 to 5 die out of 100,000 pregnant women," he noted.

Thomas Sithole, an UOC member from Zimbabwe, said UOC would fight the scourge through sports. The National Council of Sports secretary, Jasper Aligawesa, urged sports leaders to talk to the youth about the dangers of HIV/AIDS.

"We should teach the youth about HIV/AIDS using stories like our ancestors did," he said.

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