ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to explore the physical and social progression of HIV/AIDS in Uganda and, through the examination of research projects and their texts, to represent the manner in which the disease has been framed since It's recognition in 1983. It deals with the history and politics of the disease and the contradictions between knowledge and action that they formed. The physical point of reference for HIV/AIDS research has been the southern part of the country, in pre-colonial times the seat of powerful, expanding indigenous states, and under colonial rule, the center of agro-capitalist development. The chapter examines HIV/AIDS as a moving frontier, mapping its steady progression. It shows that the epidemic within the context of social conflict and upheavals that have characterized much of the post-colonial history of Uganda. The chapter explores the manner in which the central government has increasingly redefined the role of the international AIDS community in Uganda, its scope of activity, and its target populations.
