finally, in 1999, kenya's president declared hiv/aids a national disaster anlooked to s africa igors beerpproac in uganda, a broad-based, forthright public health campaign had made a big difference. man ( over loudspeaker ): ...at the health center tonit. me to the health cenr today fohiv teing and counseling. to learnore about this n svice... naator: agessive campaigns despread pubcity to g pplabout the disease and even television dramas all raised awareness. well, it is true. i don't have aids, but i'm carrying the virus. i don't feel sick, but one day i'll become very sick and die. don't ever believe that you are safe. learn the facts about aids. man: ♪ out there somewhere, alone and frightened... ♪ narrator: reducing the hiv infections from 14% to eight percent, uganda's example showed how important an aggressive public education campaign can be. but eight percent is still a disastrous epidemic. now a new strategy may provide the weapons to win the fight against hiv/aids in africa. until very recently, people fighting aids in africa have assumed that victims of the disease would