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Uganda’s AIDS Coordinator Accuses Global Fund Of Using Virus To ‘Propagate Sexual Minority Groups’ | Uganda’s Ministry of Health is responding to a critical report detailing the country’s inadequate campaign against HIV/AIDS by “blaming the stagnant HIV prevalence rates in the country on uncoordinated response to the epidemic by pro-gay and lesbian civil society organisations,” the Daily Monitor reports. “They are spoiling our response to HIV/Aids,” Dr. Zainab Akol, the coordinator of the national Aids Control Programme said. “It is as if the global agenda is to use HIV to propagate sexual minority groups. Let them use the proper channels to deal with such issues.” The Global Fund recently denied Uganda a $270 million grant because of the country’s anti-gay policies.