Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

At Most-At-Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda) we have endeavoured to highlight the need to make prevention efforts known to Key Populations (KP). What are these "Prevention" efforts in this case? We are talking of TB, Malaria, HIV, HPV, Hepatitis and other infections such as Ebola. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ TB When we talk of KP, we are specifically talking of such a population group with higher prevalence of HIV, vulnerability and susceptibility to infections and people who have not always been targeted by mainstream services. In our case we are targeting: LGBTIPQQ, Sex-workers, Drug-users and Persons Living With HIV (PLHIV). We are calling upon all KP-led organisations to work with NAFOPHANU as they lead their TB Prevention Campaign. It runs from July to October 2019, and hey intend to link 30,000 People Living With HIV/AIDS to TB Treatment. The other names for TB Treatment are: Isoniazid Prevention Therapy (IPT) Prop...

Imagine my consternation when a group of LGBTIQQ youths organized a talk-show event and invited me to be the guest speaker! Surprise, surprise. I thought I was prepared until I was asked later to talk about Cancer and HIV. I held my ground and took them through the information I knew from experience would be helpful to them. I have looked around for articles that talk about Cancer and HIV in the same breathe too. The one provided by POZ Newsletter is very appropriate and I recommend all readers to access that newsletter. It is a treasure trove. Liz Highleyman is a writer with POX Newsletter. In this article she   writes about Sean McKenna a long-term survivor living with HIV and other related experiences. “Sean McKenna has faced numerous battles, including two episodes of skin cancer and several bouts of anal pre-cancer. Jill Cadman, another long-timer, is living with HIV and Stage IV colon cancer. And they are not alone. “Almost every long-term survivor I know is d...