Kasensero landing site is a fishing port found on Lake Victoria, in the Rakai District of Central Uganda, a short distance from its border with Tanzania. Kasensero is used as a centre for fish trade in Uganda .

2014年7月23日 · When the first AIDS epidemic broke out in 1982 in the Ugandan fishing village of Kasensero, it was blamed on witchcraft. Then doctors discovered the virus. Today, 33 percent of the village's...

2015年10月8日 · In Kasensero fishing community, home of the first recorded case of HIV in Uganda, HIV transmission remains high with an incidence of 4.3 and 3.1 per 100 person-years in women and men, respectively, and an HIV prevalence of 44 %, reaching up to 74 % among female sex workers.

2020年8月7日 · We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led oral HIV self-testing (HIVST) intervention in Kasensero, a hyperendemic fishing community (HIV prevalence: 37–41%) in Rakai, Uganda. This study was conducted among young people (15–24 years) and adult men (25+ years) between May and August 2019.

2017年3月14日 · Overall HIV prevalence was 19.7% (n = 155); higher in Kasensero (n = 141; 25.1%) and Gwanda (n = 8; 11%) than in Kyebe (n = 6; 3.9%), p < 0.001 and among females (n = 112; 26.0%) than males (n = 43; 12.0%), p < 0.001.

2017年3月14日 · Overall HIV prevalence was 19.7% (n = 155); higher in Kasensero (n = 141; 25.1%) and Gwanda (n = 8; 11%) than in Kyebe (n = 6; 3.9%), p < 0.001 and among females (n = 112; 26.0%) than males (n = 43; 12.0%), p < 0.001.

2013年11月28日 · Kasensero is said to be the place where the first cases of HIV were reported in Uganda and this Nakafeero has the legacy of being the first person to die from Aids related illnesses.

IN SOUTHERN UGANDA, on the shores of Lake Victoria, is a nondescript village called Kasensero. The main street peters out on the shore of Lake Nyanza, where thirty or so fishing boats usually lie beached after bringing in the morning catch.

2015年8月26日 · In Kasensero fishing community in Uganda, home of the first recorded case of HIV in Uganda, HIV transmission is still very high with an incidence of 4.3 vs 3.1 per 100 person-years in women and men, respectively, and an HIV prevalence of 44%, reaching up to 74% among female sex workers.

2017年5月22日 · Records from Rakai district show that the HIV prevalence at Kasensero landing site is now estimated at 40 percent. This is almost five times more than the national average, which stands 7.3 percent. The high HIV prevalence rate on Kasensero Island is blamed on the widespread commercial sex in the area.