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Thursday, October 2, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
126 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Uganda registers a total of 80, 000 HIV positive pregnant women each year. Ugandan Minister of Health Jim Muhwezi was quoted as saying that the number represents 6.5 percent of the estimated 1.2 million women who get pregnant in the country annually.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/17416 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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