Tag: HIV

  • Worker dismissed from work in Hoima for having HIV

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    HOIMA The alarming trend of workplace discrimination against people living with HIV (PLHIV) continues to surface, with a recent case from Hoima sparking outrage among civil society organizations and human rights advocates. A woman, working as a laundry attendant at a foreign company constructing a stadium in Hoima was dismissed, after her HIV-positive status was…

  • Religious Leaders misleading Persons with HIV to Abandon ARVs for Divine Healing

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    MASINDI Pastors Cited in HIV-Positive Persons to Abandon ARVs for Divine Healing Health officials in Masindi District are raising concerns over the growing trend of some religious leaders, particularly pastors, advising HIV-positive followers to stop taking antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), claiming divine healing. This practice, they say, is jeopardizing efforts to manage HIV in the district…