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World Bank Approves Loan to Grenada to Combat HIV/AIDS

July 29, 2002

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The World Bank will loan Grenada $6 million to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, a bank official said Friday. A statement released by the bank on Thursday said the project is part of a $155 million HIV/AIDS lending program for the Caribbean approved in June 2001. The loan from the Washington-based financial institution will help Grenada educate young people about safe sex, distribute condoms, organize confidential testing, and improve hospital facilities to better handle blood transfusions. The Caribbean has the second-highest HIV/AIDS rates after sub-Saharan Africa: an estimated 2 percent of its people have the virus. The statistics exclude Cuba, where rigorous isolation and prevention have kept infection rates low.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
07.26.02

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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
 
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