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News Briefs Uganda to Conduct Second National Survey on AIDSJuly 2, 2003 Uganda will carry out a comprehensive nationwide HIV/AIDS testing effort at the end of the year to establish the level of HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country. The current statistics are based on tests carried out by hospitals on pregnant women, said Elioda Tumwesigye, chair of the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS. He called for the intensification of the AIDS campaigns for youth to avert further outbreak of the epidemic and said that urgent steps are necessary to put in place a national policy on AIDS orphans and to establish well-equipped testing and counseling centers. Currently, the average prevalence in the adult population of the nation stands at 6.1 percent, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. Xinhua News Service 07.02.03  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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