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The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) is an indigenous HIV and AIDS service initiative, registered in Uganda as a Non-Governmental Organisation. It is a pioneer non-public actor in the HIV and AIDS response in Uganda and sub Saharan Africa. It is a membership organisation with over 4,000 subscriber members. == Overview == The AIDS Support Organisation is a Non - Governmental Organization started in Uganda in 1987 by a group of medical staff who had witnessed how badly patients showing signs of Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were being treated on the wards in the National Referral Hospital Mulago Kampala. It started out as a small informal group of people meeting to talk about HIV and AIDS. and grow into an organisation. It then grew into one of the major HIV and AIDS care organisations in Uganda It was started when Uganda was just recovering from a war that brought the current Government to power. It was founded to provide comfort to patients who were being discriminated against and sometimes abandoned by relatives to die within the hospital compound. As the number of people coming for comfort to this small group grew, counseling became a necessary service to keep those seeking comfort. TASO grew into one of the largest indigenous HIV and AIDS services Organisation in Uganda. After Christopher Kaleeba, a radiographer, tested positive for HIV and suffered stigma and discrimination at the hands of his contemporaries in Mulago Hospital; he suggested to his wife (Noerine Kaleeba) and her friend (both physiotherapists in Mulago Hospital) that a support group be formed to encourage those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS within the hospital. The small group, composed of health workers and some patients, were allocated a room in the Polio Clinic at Mulago Hospital where they began offering clinical out-patient services run by Prof. Elly Katabira as in AIDS Clinic. In 1989, TASO was privileged to host Philly Lutaaya a known musician, AIDS activitist and first prominent person to put a human face to AIDS in Uganda. His song "Alone" was adopted as an anthem in TASO as well as many other AIDS groups in Uganda and many other countries. Following the example of Philly Lutaaya, clients who were gifted in music, dance and drama began performing in local communities to sensistise them on HIV and AIDS. The use of music, dance and drama was replicated in all the TASO Centers and became a major tool for crowd mobilisation and community sensitisation. At the end of 1993, TASO had expanded from one district to seven districts in Uganda. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The AIDS Support Organization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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