improve the quality of people's lives in a particular country. If a particular country is facing a big
problem of TB, I'd like to see TB projects being flagged up and funded.
If it is malaria among children and pregnant women, I'd like to see efforts
to support that. We need to draw resources from experts in each country
in each particular area.
"In Uganda, UNAIDS say there are 1.9 million HIV positive people
in a national population of about 22 million. Not many people in my country
are able to get anti-HIV medications and the infrastructure, like laboratory
facilities, is concentrated just in the big cities. But the problem is
huge because if you go to any household there is a person living with
HIV or Aids."
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Are antiretrovirals available in Uganda for pregnant mothers?
"There is little funding for the nevirapine regime and it is only
available in about five sites in the capital. There is a big gap for those
in the countryside and my group is working to mobilise midwives and older
women on the issue of prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
"The problem about drug access in my country, as in most of Africa, is simply the ability to pay. One report said that only 6,000 positive people in Uganda have ever swallowed a pill."
Why are you involved with the Stop Aids Campaign and what is it?
"I think it's very timely at the moment when the world has other
biting issues
