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Words of Journalists for a day
wisdom
"What the
mind of man
can conceive
and believe, it
Students of Bukoto High School getting
can achieve." together as 'Journalists for a Day'. They
Napoleon Hill er 2006
wrote the A to Z of HIV/AIDS prevention.
temb See page 2 for a quiz on the A-Z of HIV.
o. 9 Sep
Vol. 13 N
Untold suffering
that we can
prevent...
HIV has caused us In the other photo, a Last year 130,000 of us got around the country. This Girls mostly get infected
unbearable suffering. mother holds her son. infected, and HIV rose in is bad news. In the past when they marry. Girls,
We have lost over What if that were your 10 antenatal clinics Uganda has been able to always test with your
one million loved mother? What if that were push HIV down. partner and do not marry
ones, and another you? Can we continue a man who refuses to test
like this? Some of us are struggling or wants to have other
one million have HIV to stop the behaviours
today. women.
Usually Straight Talk does that allow HIV to spread.
not publish such sad Sex with a person of
Look at the child's pictures. But we need to Many males still have unknown HIV status is
face in the picture say it loudly: multiple partners. Boys, high risk.
above. About one Uganda may be losing the with each partner, your
million of us have fight. Says chance of infection rises.
watched our parents Dr Apuuli Kihumuro,
die of AIDS. "Oh, director of the Uganda
Mummy, I miss you," AIDS Commission: HIV is high everywhere but highest in Central and the Central North
"The epidemic is getting with over 8% of people aged 15-49 infected. It is rising in West Nile
wrote one orphan girl to and Karamoja, areas that have been less affected in the past.
Straight Talk. on top of us."
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problem on your genitals. ur
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Try to control your feelings.
cult the HIV epidemic. Remember some of
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Do not let them lead you
ve e s Get a social vaccine against HIV
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ThIs photo shows a cervix with into sex and relationship t i these are within you so you have the
ga t i c
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genital herpes wounds. complications.
m ati
sex e and
p power to control them. For example, So far the best vaccines we have are
ty
es on
Does the other person also
STDs
uali
: sh
love you or are they taking
you exercise a lot of control over when "social vaccines". A social vaccine is
Lov
advantage of your feelings
to get sex? and with whom you have sex. something we do such as:
ip
• talk to our parents
s
• stay in school
• respect ourselves and
An illustration of the head of
Medical interventions help but cannot prevent or cure HIV/AIDS the opposite sex.
Most women do
QUIZ 1
Vaccines not yet found a successful
the penis with genital herpes ART substance that does this, not deliver in
blisters. Scientists are urgently There are over 70,000 HIV but research is promising. health centres, and All these all help us to control our
seeking a vaccine through
trials in Uganda and
positive Ugandans who are
benefitting from Anti-
A microbicide that works
well may be five years
women who test
positive are often
Straight Talk curiosity about sex and our sexual and
love feelings,and to discuss HIV
wants to hear
This drawing shows the elsewhere in the world. Retroviral Therapy (ART).
position of the cervix at the away. frightened to tell
mouth of the womb. People with HIV need ART their husbands. testing, condom use and faithfulness
Kibanzanga High School, Kasese. We urge other
But the virus is complex,
and a successful vaccine is
when their CD4 count
drops below 200 or when Circumcision All in all, only 2% of from you with our future partner.
still many years away. they get very sick. Removing the foreskin women and babies
students to abstain from things that can spoil their Send us the story of a
QUIZ 2: THE A to Z of HIV
from the penis may who need the
education. And remember, vaccines But ART does not cure somewhat lower chances medicine are person you know who has
are not a CURE for of HIV infection for both
prevention
HIV/AIDS. You can still receiving it! This is HIV. What do you think
disease. They prevent infect others. And if you the male and the female he HIV is a difficult virus. It has disappointing. Now
disease by teaching your stop taking the ART, you fall is having sex with. But nine genes, five of which are made them vulnerable to
the Ministry of
immune system to sick again. circumcised men and constantly changing. Health wants all getting infected? What Discuss with your Straight Talk club the
recognise the disease- their partners still get was the root cause? Do
causing agent. HIV.
husbands to test A-Z of HIV prevention. Find a word
Microbicides with their wives. not use their name.
follows the treatment from beginning with each letter of the
Doctors are searching for a start to finish, it lowers the
Unlike with diseases like
measles and \TB which jelly or cream that females PMTCT or PPTCT chances of the baby getting Testing for HIV If you are living with HIV,
alphabet which says something about
have successful vaccines, can insert into their vagina Prevention of mother or HIV by about 70%. But Testing HIV negative does we would also like to preventing HIV. For example, J might
to kill any HIV that might be parent-to-child about 30% of babies still get
doctors have not been
in the semen of the male transmission of HIV is infected.
not protect you from HIV. It
is only your behaviour after hear from you. stand for Justice for people with HIV
able to teach the immune
system how to demobilise that they are having sex available in over 200 sites. the test that will keep you Write to Straight Talk, PO and Z for Zerograzing. A big prize
the HIV virus. with. So far doctors have If the mother with HIV There are other problems. negative. Stay safe! Box 22366, Kampala. awaits the most original entry.
4 Straight Talk, September 2006
Forced sex
I had a relationship with
Dear
a boy who later lured
me into sex. I did not like
it. But to make it worse,
SYFA
now I have lost weight.
Could I have contracted
HIV? A Namata, 15,
S1, St Janam Luwum, 3666
2236
Boxx22
O.Bo
P.P.O.
SS, Kampala P A L A
M
Talk to a trusted adult KK AA M P A L A
about how you are
feeling. You need to do Back pain myth
an HIV test to put your
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HIV is transmitted in HS, Mbale elders and be God loving, ST club, Standard HS,
Uganda. Think about the No! That is a misleading Lira
reasons why you got myth. Sperm does not
“lured” into sex. Change I can take four months No, not at all. Condoms One of them loves me so
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cause back pain. The
your behaviour and stop body has its natural way without seeing my periods. are tested to ensure that much. I think she can make
having sex. Wait until you of releasing excess sperm And when I start bleeding, they do not leave side a good wife. But her
are old and able to make through wet dreams. it can take three to four effects on the users. It is parents are rude. M N, 18,
healthy decisions. Put weeks. Am I normal? unprotected sex that gives Kihindi Youth Club,
your life first. A Wet dreams Mariat you wounds from genital Kasese
relationship with a I hear my friends talking Tushemereirwe, herpes and syphilis. Are these girls your sexual
member of the opposite about something called wet Standard HS, Remember that for partners? Having more
sex does not mean having dreams. What is it? D Ntungamo condoms to be effective than one sexual partner is
sex. Olowo, Kinyara SS, you need to use them a big reason why people
Masisndi. correctly everytime you are still getting infected
Friendship This is when a boy have sex. Guard yourself with HIV. Most likely, none
We have been friends with passes out creamy against lies that may of these girls knows that
boys in the neighbourhood stuff through his expose you to HIV you are having other girls.
for a long time but my penis. It happens infections. Put yourself in their shoes.
mother and aunt have during sleep. This is Now think about what
started saying that we one of the changes Cervical cancer your reaction would be if
should stop playing with boys experience I have never had sex but you learnt that your
the boys. I don’t know why. during adolescence. my friends tell me that I girlfriend has other
A Ainembabazi, 15, S2 Wet dreams are not will get cancer of the boyfriends. You would
Kashaka Girls SS, a sign to start sex. cervix. This worries me. feel hurt emotionally and
Mbarara No! It is a normal Stella Amolo, Standard frightened about STDs like
process of growth High School, Lira HIV. Perhaps the girls’
As people who love you, and has no side Cervical cancer from parents are rude because
your mother and aunt effects. abstaining? Impossible. It they have sensed what
want to protect you. They is sex that causes cervical kind of person you are.
may be concerned that I’m a virgin cancer, particularly early Stick to one partner. It is
these boys will want you I am 20 and still a Patrick Edep, sex and sex with multiple one of the social vaccines.
to have sex. You need to virgin. I have a Teso College partners. Cervical cancer
discuss your intentions girlfriend who wanted Aloet, Soroti. is caused by a virus that is
and feelings with your us to have sex. But transmitted through sex. Counsellor: Dr Michael
mother and aunt. Let Mulowooza, Hoima
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