Uganda is one of the few African countries where rates of HIV infection have declined, and it is seen as a rare example of success in a continent facing a severe AIDS crisis. Uganda's policies are credited with helping to bring adult HIV prevalence (the proportion of adults living with HIV) down from around 15% in the early 1990s to 5% in 2001. Uganda's appoach has been succesful due to communication, community action, fear, simple messages & political openess. Even though HIV prevalence in Uganda is much lower than it once was, it still remains very high, and AIDS is still claiming tens of thousands of lives each year. Such a severe epidemic has a considerable social and economic impact. As AIDS usually kills young adults, it depletes a country's labour force, and weakens educational and health services. Deaths among young adults also leave behind thousands of orphaned children and grandparents, placing an additional burden on the community or the state.

Full country name: Republic of Uganda
Capital: Kampala
Area: total: 236,040 sq km 
Population: 28,195,754 
People living with HIV/AIDS: 530,000 (2001 est.) 
Major infectious diseases: degree of risk - VERY HIGH
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever 
vectorborne diseases: malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations 
water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2005) 

Language:English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabi.
Religion:Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%Language: 
Government:republic 
Climate: temperate; tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Natural resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land 
Major Industries: coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold 
Imports partners:Kenya 32.3%, UAE 7.3%, South Africa 6.5%, India 5.8%, China 5.6%, UK 5.1%, US 4.8%, Japan 4.8%