Trends in HIV infection: prevention-related attitudes and behaviors among secondary school students in western Uganda.

Objective: To monitor trends in the attitudes and behaviors of youth in western Uganda with respect to prevention of HIV/AIDS.

Design: Annual data collection in a group of sentinel secondary schools in 3 districts using a short, self-administered, and anonymous questionnaire.

Methods: Fifteen secondary schools were randomly selected, and a cross-sectional survey of students was carried out each year between 1995 and 2001.

Infant feeding practices in western Tanzania and Uganda: implications for infant feeding recommendations for HIV-infected mothers.

Current infant feeding guidelines of UNICEF/UNAIDS/WHO for HIV-infected women recommend the avoidance of breastfeeding or to breastfeed exclusively. In the context of a prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission programme we assessed the feeding practices in peripheral areas of Tanzania and Uganda. A total of 237 mothers in south-western Tanzania and 424 mothers in western Uganda attending urban and rural antenatal care services as well as village women were interviewed with regard to duration of breastfeeding, time of introduction of additional nutrients and type of solid and liquid nutrients.