Can Uganda halt its HIV epidemic by testing and treating its people?

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The organisation UNAIDS is promoting a new strategy aimed at ending the HIV/AIDS epidemics in countries struggling to control the disease. The initiative is called 90-90-90. Countries would drastically curtail the rate of new infections if 90% of people knew their HIV status, if 90% of HIV+ people were then put on anti-retroviral therapy, and if 90% of those on the drugs were treated and monitored well enough such that the level of virus in their blood was kept undetectable. Audio includes Dr Michael Etukoit of the AIDS Support Organisation, HIV researcher and presenter Dr Peter Mugyenyi, Professor Vinand Natulya of the Uganda AIDS Commission, and Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, the Minister of Health for Uganda.