Fwd:] Uganda AIDS Activist Sees Hope in Rectal Microbicides
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Pickett < JPickett@aidschicago.org > Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:21 PM Subject: [RectalMicro IRMA] Uganda AIDS Activist Sees Hope in Rectal Microbicides To: " RECTALMICRO@CRITPATH.ORG " < RECTALMICRO@lists.critpath.org > Uganda AIDS Activist Sees Hope in Rectal Microbicides http://www.citizen-news.org/2012/07/uganda-aids-activist-sees-hope-in.html#more UGANDAN AIDS activist and medical doctor, Paul Semugoma , 42, said that rectal microbicides have a potential to save the unnecessary loss of lives among men who have sex with men in Uganda and across Africa. According to a study titled, " HIV Infection among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Kampala, Uganda – A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey ," it is estimated that the adult male HIV prevalence in Kampala is 4.5 per cent but the prevalence estimates among men who have sex with men (MSM) is 13.7 per cent. Most MSM still hav