Uganda: workshop on HIV/AIDS and Sanitation

New Vision (Kampala), 20 April 2008, Posted to the web 21 April 2008.
Aidah Nanyonjo, Kampala
Uganda: Clean Water Essential for People Living With Aids

LACK of clean water increases the risk of diarrhoea among people living with HIV/AIDS, the executive director of the Uganda Water and Sanitation Network, John Byarugaba, has said.

The immuno-compromised status of people living with HIV/AIDS renders them more susceptible to opportunistic infections, including those related to water and sanitation,” he explained.
This situation calls for the integration of sanitation issues into AIDS programmes. The scope should include aspects of risks and benefits associated with hygiene, hand washing, faecal management, safe water and waste disposal.

He was speaking during a workshop on HIV/AIDS and Sanitation at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, recently. (…)

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