Uganda: Training for HIV positive troops stopped

The Ugandan military has barred soldiers who are HIV positive from some training programmes. Military officials say the decision was taken on humanitarian grounds so that HIV/Aids sufferers did not have to undergo strenuous military training. But the move has been strongly criticised by Aids campaigners, who say it shows ignorance. Uganda has been held up as a model of how to fight HIV/Aids, with infection rates falling from 15% to 5%.