September 25, 2008 - 11:35am — Anonymous
In the wake of the LRA: HIV in Uganda and Sudan
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A June 2007 report by the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Tulane, estimated that as many as 38,000 children had been abducted since the start of the conflict two decades ago.
At reception centres across northern Uganda, returning abductees are given the option of voluntary HIV counselling and testing, and are informed about HIV before being reintegrated into the community.
Health workers in the region say that as the peace talks in Juba, capital of Southern Sudan, bring the prospect of peace nearer, and more abductees return to the general population, such efforts will need to be stepped up.
From the Irin Report on Aids / HIV In Northern Uganda
http://www.plusnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=62&ReportId=73960