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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is perhaps the major new health problem faced by the world today. Nowhere is this more true than in Uganda. The country has faced repeated political and economic crises in recent years and the impact of AIDS on the country, through the loss of young working men and women, and on the already over-stretched health service, will be enormous. The first reported cases occurred in Uganda in 1982.(1.2) and the number of cases reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to January 1988 is 2,369. The cases show a dramatic bimodal distribution with age, AIDS being largely a disease of the over 15 year olds (the sexually active population), and the under 5 year olds, with very few cases seen in the 5 to 15 age group.
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Lambert, H., Friesen, H. (1988). Paediatric AIDS in Uganda from maternofetal infection. In: Sharp, F., Hudson, C.N. (eds) AIDS and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3150-2_10
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