HIV/AIDs and the Orphan Crisis
Uganda has been devastated by the HIV/AIDs epidemic. In Uganda HIV has spread mainly by heterosexual transmission and has affected huge numbers of young adults, leaving communities struggling to cope with the many orphaned children.
There is a strong link between HIV and poverty - household and community poverty increases vulnerability to infection, and infection increases poverty. HIV disables the most able-bodied members of households and communities and lessens the ability of households to recover from bouts of illness.
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