AIDS education through Imams: a spiritually motivated community effort in Uganda
- Geneva Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 1998
- 32p.
Discusses the AIDS project known as AIDS education through Imams that works to educate community members in Uganda about AIDS and HIV prevention, and to encourage changes in behaviour so as to reduce transmission. According to the information provided, Islamic Medical Association of Uganda (IMAU) has succeeded in integrating Islamic religious values with scientific medical information on HIV/AIDS. Reveals that IMAU has been successful because of the excellent record of accountability both to donors and the community.