Uganda has shown remarkable progress against HIV, the AIDS virus, according to an analysis of health data. Since the early 1990s, HIV cases in Uganda have dropped by more than two-thirds, a decline not seen in neighboring countries. For example, the HIV-infection rate among Ugandan men drafted into the military fell from nearly 19 percent in 1991 to 4 percent in 2002.
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