Uganda, Dec. 7 -- Last week, we celebrated World Aids Day. It's important to note that Uganda became the first African country to identify 'Slim Disease' in 1982 in Kasensero fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria of Rakai District and later recognised as Aids in 1985.

March 2, 1985 marked a key milestone in the fight against HIV due to the approval of the first-ever test for exposure to HIV by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This was an unequalled scientific breakthrough in the speed and accuracy of detecting HIV in blood, at a time when fear was high and many myths prevailed.

Due to the very high rate of HIV infection in Uganda during the 1980s and early 1990s, there was an urgent need for people to know their HIV s...