Author:
Rubaihayo John,Mbona Tumwesigye Nazarius,Birungi Josephine
Abstract
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century in the absence of an effective vaccine or cure. It is estimated globally that close to 38 million people are currently living with the HIV virus and more than 36 million have succumbed to this deadly virus from the time the first case was reported in early 1980s. The virus degrades the human body immunity and makes it more vulnerable to different kinds of opportunistic infections (OIs). However, with the introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in 2003, the pattern and frequency of OIs has been progressively changing though with variations in the different parts of the World. So this chapter discusses the temporal and spatial patterns of OIs in Uganda.
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