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News Briefs World Bank Gives US$12.6 Million to Sri Lanka to Stop Spread of AIDSDecember 18, 2002 The World Bank will provide $12.6 million to Sri Lanka to fight the spread of HIV and reduce the stigma associated with the disease, a bank statement said Wednesday. The island nation of 18.6 million people has a "narrow window of opportunity to prevent a nationwide AIDS epidemic," the statement said. The World Bank grant will finance a national HIV/AIDS prevention project. It will also support Sri Lanka's efforts to reduce the risk of an emerging epidemic of TB, to which people with HIV are particularly susceptible, the statement said. Nearly 4,800 people in Sri Lanka are infected with HIV, according to UNAIDS and the World Health Organization. Back to other CDC news for December 18, 2002 Associated Press 12.17.02  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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