Poverty reverses ART gains

UGANDA — In October, a report by the Uganda Aids Commission revealed that the country’s fishing community — considered one of the groups most at risk of contracting HIV — had inadequate access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs).

As of June 2012, just 948 of 6 225 fisherfolk in need of ARVs were receiving the drugs.

Nnalongo (a Luganda title for the mother of twins) Nakabuye, a 35-year-old mother of three near Lake Victoria, has stopped her HIV treatment.

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