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International News Haiti Gets Help in AIDS FightDecember 5, 2001 The Inter-American Development Bank will grant $1 million to Haiti's government to draft a national plan on combating HIV/AIDS in the country, which has the highest infection rate in the Caribbean. About 5 percent of Haiti's 8.2 million residents have HIV. Haiti has received $8 million this year from the international community to fight the disease. Most of the country's programs are devoted to prevention efforts, such as education, testing and condom distribution. There is no distribution of drugs and little care for those already infected, said Dr. Eddy Genece, director of the non-governmental organization Promoters of Zero-Objective in the Spread of AIDS. Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) 12.05.01; Associated Press  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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