Experts: Prevention Critical in Fighting HIV/AIDS Pandemic

    A five-day meeting on AIDS endedsure ways of combating the disease.
here Saturday with a call to increase the promotion"Our chief weapon against HIV/AIDS has always
of HIV/AIDS prevention methods as one of thebeen and must continue to be prevention," said Janet
critical ways of combating the scourge.Museveni, Uganda's First Lady, while closing the
The participants at the conference, which was heldconference.
under the theme, 'Scaling Up Through Partnerships:"People need not only to learn but also be reminded
Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation', observedconstantly that their own line of defense against this
that prevention of HIV/AIDS has not been givenkiller disease which has no cure is to avoid contracting
much attention as treatment and yet it is one of theit in the first place," she said.