UNAIDS Uganda injects 30,000 US dollars to boxing to over come HIV AIDS in Uganda to 2030 campaign.
The UNAIDS campaign 2030 of boxing AIDS out of Uganda become successful after a partnership with Uganda Boxing Federation last year.
Moses Muhangi the Uganda boxing federation president highlighted on the partnership made by the UNAIDS today Friday 18th October 2019 in the press conference held at UNAIDS headquarter at Kamwokya .
“We take about a year with UNAIDS in partnership without giving us money, as they observing our progress and our capacity, and is high time and moment to announce that UNAIDS has made a partnership with Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) of about 30,000US$ to box AIDS out of Uganda”.
“The UNAIDS use our platform to spread the message about HIVAIDS in Uganda since boxing is multiple sport and involved many people. The partnership is unlimited until the UNAIDS fulfilled their goals and this money is not in the cash form. The partnership we earned today we are going to use it to organise workshops in the clubs,organising boxing tournament, where we sensitise boxers about the effects of HIVAIDS and mobilised them to go the testing”, MR Muhangi Moses added.
However DR Birungi Sherry the director of AIC promised to link all the boxers who are tested positive to medical care.
“We proud to be part of the partnership of UNAIDS and we are using this platform to attract young people to go for HIV testing. More than 1500 boxers are tested in the first phase and and the positive people are linked to. Medical care”.
” we managed to doing out rich study and distributed 28000 condoms in the different areas with the goal of preventing HIVAIDS”.
Though DR Kalusa Kiraga asserted to work as group to box HIV out of Uganda.
“We are working as a group to delivery our goals and this an opportunity to UBC to reach up people of Uganda to over come HIVAIDS. Boxers should be ambassadors to their located area to sensitize people in their areas”.
Uganda has made significant progress in fighting HIV and AIDS during the period 2010- 2018 .
However, the magnitude of the epidemic remains high.
Uganda still has 1,000 new infections and 500 deaths every week.
This fact sheet is based on the performance during the period January 2010-December 2018.
The estimated total number of people living with HIV (PLHIV),was 1,400,000 (300,0000-1,500,000) as of 2018.
The estimated number of New HIV infections as of December 2018 26,000,women, 19,000,men, 18,500 young people (15-24) and 7500 children (0-14).
unfortunately Women are more affected but what is surprising the men are died more than women.
However, boxing is to start the second phase next week of visiting clubs through mobilising the to go for testing and inform about the HIVAIDS.
The first phase were successful because about 1500 boxers are tested and about 11 boxers are found positive and linked to the medical care.
Not only, UN AIDS but UN Women also joined boxing to box HIV out of Uganda through sensitizing the people about the dangers of domestic violence.
As boxing on his pick Fine spine also joined them to also support the campaign through dressing the ambassadors of the campaign 2030.
It’s a great article and great work done by UNAIDS towards contributing to sports mainly boxing that is largely a ghetto community sport.