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A sharp decline in the number of Catholic priests, the
exodus of thousands of pastors who marry and leave the
priesthood, coupled with sexual scandals of clerics and
the lawsuits being filed against many of them for sexually
abusing children in their care, has sparked international
debates to eliminate the celibacy requirement for the
priesthood and institute the ordination of married priests.
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HIV and AIDS Cases rise 22
percent in D.C.
At least 3 percent living in nation’s capital are infected,
officials report
March 15, 2009
A new report by D.C. health officials says that at least 3
percent of residents in the nation’s capital are living with
HIV or AIDS and every mode of transmission is on the
rise.
The findings in the 2008 epidemiology report by the D.C.
HIV/AIDS Administration point to a severe epidemic
that’s impacting every race and sex across the population
and neighborhoods.
Scheduled to be released Monday, the report says that the
number of HIV and AIDS cases jumped 22 percent from
the nearly 12,500 reported in 2006. Almost 1 in 10
residents between ages 40 and 49 are living with HIV,
and black men had the highest infection rate at almost 7
percent.
The report says that the virus is most often transmitted by
men having sex with men, followed by heterosexual
transmission and injection drug use.
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US Withdraws HIV/AIDS
Support
September 19, 2011
Daily Monitor
By Stephen Otage
Kampala
The US government has announced withdrawal of
financial support for malaria and HIV/Aids treatment
in Uganda. The US mission in Kampala made the
announcement during unveiling of a multi-million
TASO office complex named ‘House of Hope’ in
Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, on Friday.
It is through the complex that TASO hopes to start
raising money for financing its activities when the US
government finally pulls out. “We have accomplished
enough in our fight against the epidemic but there is a
huge amount of work to do. America’s commitment to
helping you in the fight will not waiver but we cannot
be the only source of funding in this effort.
We must follow TASO’s example and look outside the
box to find creative ways to fund and sustain our
efforts to improve the health of Ugandans,” Mr
Michael Strong, the Coordinator of US agencies, said.
Although he declined to comment exactly when the US
government will pull out and the sectors which will be
affected, he said TASO is among the organisations
which have been benefiting from the fund. Last year
alone, over one million women tested HIV positive.
The agencies implementing the President’s Emergency
Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) fund include the US
department of state USAID, the Centres for Disease
Control, the US Department of Defence and the Peace
Corps.
According to Mr Strong, the US government injected
$400 million (1.1trillion) in financing the health
projects, including $300 million (843b) support to the
national response to HIV/Aids epidemic. He added that
PEPFAR fund has been financing TASO’s activities in
11 service centres mainly comprehensive HIV/Aids
prevention, care, treatment and related support services
to HIV-positive people and families.
The news comes at a time when Uganda, which was
once globally recognised as having reversed the
incidence of the infection burden which had reached
epidemic levels, is said to be losing the fight.
It is estimated that last year alone, 120,000 new
infections were registered while half of the same
number died. It is also estimated that currently, 1.2
million Ugandans are living with HIV/Aids and the
cost of their treatment and preventing new infections is
growing every day.
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