Dr. Daniel Byamukama, the Head of Prevention at Uganda AIDS Commission has said that, the preliminary results of the survey show encouraging progress toward the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 target particularly women.

He made this pronouncement while addressing the media at Uganda Media Center, Kampala on Monday, October 23, 2023.

According to Byamukama, the focus of this year’s national HIV and AIDS Symposium is My Responsibility Towards Ending AIDS by 2030, emphasizing the necessity for each person to consider what they can contribute rather than worrying about what others can do.

Byamukama said that, the number of HIV infections and AIDS-related mortality decreased throughout the nation in 2022.

“In 2022, the country registered 52,000 new HIV infections and 17,000 AIDS-related deaths, compared to 94,000 new infections and 56,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2010,” Byamukama said.

He explained that, the observation coupled with reported low levels of viral load suppression among HIV-infected persons aged 15-24 years suggests that, prevention and testing interventions ought to begin earlier among at-risk adolescents, particularly girls, and young women.

“From the UPHIA 2020, HIV prevalence was 0.2% in men aged 15 to 19 years and 1.6 % in men aged 20 to 24 years, while HIV prevalence was 1.7% in women aged 15 to 19 years and 4.2% in women aged 20 to 24 years,” Byamukama added.

Byamukama revealed that, national HIV and AIDS Symposium will be open to the public for three days at Kololo Independence Grounds from November 14-16, 2023.

In 2020, Uganda conducted a Population-based HIV Impact Assessment, and preliminary results demonstrate that the country is well positioned to achieve the UNAIDS goal of ending HIV by 2030.