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AHF opened the first AHF Uganda Cares clinic in Masaka in February 2002 through a partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, offering the first ever opportunity for antiretroviral treatment (ART) outside of the capital city of Kampala. AHF Uganda Cares is now one of the country’s largest providers of free HIV/AIDS treatment and care, and the program’s model was identified by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS as a best practice model for ART in 2003. Thanks to intensive support and follow-up by community-based organizations, 98% of AHF Uganda Cares patients adhere to their treatment regimens. Over time, service delivery was scaled up to now cover 15 districts, including Rakai where the first incidence of HIV was diagnosed in 1980

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