“Uganda will not end Aids if these populations are left out and to be marginalised, stigmatised and discriminated against in our planning. It also aims to increase testing among men to reach the 90-90-90 target set by UNAids, which calls on countries to ensure that by 2020, 90% of people living with HIV are diagnosed, 90% of diagnosed people are put on antiretroviral treatment, and 90% of people on treatment have a fully suppressed viral load – the measure of successful treatment. The five-point plan focuses on accelerating action to stop new HIV infections, especially among adolescent girls and young women, and eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Activists said the move was a disaster and a major blow for HIV prevention, treatment and care among these groups.
