HIV/AIDS medications used to fatten pigs, Ugandan MPs told

Ugandan parliamentarians have been informed that the drug regulators have been aware for a long time that medications used to treat HIV/AIDS have been given to farm animals.

The committee in Parliament that deals with HIV/Aids is looking into a research done by a university. This study is about giving animals in East Africa medications to treat their illnesses and make them gain weight.

The study discovered that pigs and chickens were given ARVs, but the findings were not made known to the public.

“He said that we were worried about making the situation seem worse than it actually is, and how that might affect our economy if we want to sell food to other countries. So we were looking for other ways to handle that problem. ”

Their report found that the ARVs were mostly used to treat African swine fever, a disease that affects pigs and has no cure at the moment. It also confirmed that the medications were being used to help chickens with Newcastle Disease.

Newcastle Disease is a condition that affects animals, as defined by the World Organisation for Animal Health.

Bird flu is a very contagious and serious illness that affects birds all over the world, including domestic chickens.

Last week, Makerere University’s College of Health gave a new study to the parliamentary committee. The study said that people believe pigs who are given ARVs (antiretroviral drugs) grow bigger and faster and get sick less often.

It was found that about one-third of the chicken tissue and half of the pig meat from markets in the capital city, Kampala, and the northern city of Lira had traces of ARV residues.

People are worried that eating this food may cause some people to become resistant to drugs they need to take. It could also put at risk the money given by donors who provide the drugs to treat HIV and Aids.

People on social media are really mad about the parliamentary session because they are upset that the NDA didn’t share their earlier findings.

The NDA’s spokesperson tried to make the scandal seem less important by saying they have taken action to stop drug abuse, specifically in animals.

Abiaz Rwamiri said that the ongoing operations have resulted in the arrest and punishment of several wrongdoers.