Uganda exceeds
HIV treatment goal

Uganda's goal of placing 60,000 HIV patients on antiretroviral treatment by the end of 2005 has been surpassed some six months ahead of schedule, with 65,000 people currently receiving the life-prolonging drugs, according to Jesse Kagimba, the Ugandan president's adviser on AIDS. The free drugs are being provided by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; the World Health Organization; the U.S. government; and other donors. Of the 1.1 million Ugandans infected with HIV, some 200,000 are in need of antiretroviral treatment, according to the Uganda AIDS Commission. (AP)