AEGiS-11IAC: Women and HIV/AIDS.

11th International AIDS Conference


Vancouver, British Columbia — July 7-12, 1996

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Women and HIV/AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS 1996 Jul 7-12; 11:489 (abstract no. Pub.D.1334)
Ekwau JI; The AIDS Support Organisation, TASO Mulago, Kampala, Uganda. Fax: 251982. E-mail: TASO@mukla.gn.apc.org.

ISSUE: Positive Living among women needs community support.

PROJECT: NACWOLA is the Network of the national community of women living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. It was founded after the VIIIth International Conference on HIV/AIDS in Amsterdam in 1992. The primary mission of NACWOLA is to improve the situation of HIV-positive women and other concerned anonymous women to enhance their economic, social and moral capacity to cope with HIV/AIDS in their families.

RESULTS: The program has been extremely well accepted by the concerned women and other supportive organisations. In addition to the economic, social and moral goals achieved, the Project has enabled and encouraged communities of women living with HIV/AIDS to come out openly and fight the disease.

LESSONS LEARNED: The solution to AIDS and many other related diseases lies in our ability to unite, and the unwavering commitment of the people and nations to one another.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Social Support, Residence Characteristics, Family, Health Services Needs and Demand, Interpersonal Relations, Uganda, Human, Female, ICA11KWDaegis,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,hivinfections,socialsupport,residencecharacteristics,family,healthservicesneedsanddemand,interpersonalrelations,uganda,human,female,ica11

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