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Construction Begins on Swaziland's First Pediatric AIDS Center

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

January 18, 2005

On Thursday, Prime Minister Themba Dlamini welcomed the start of construction of Swaziland's first pediatric HIV/AIDS center. Funded by a grant from the New York-based pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb, the center is modeled on a pioneering facility in Botswana. The center will be linked to other pediatric AIDS facilities worldwide, including the Botswana clinic, run by Texas-based Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative. UN figures estimate that 39 percent of pregnant women in Swaziland are HIV-positive, one of the highest rates in the world.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
01.13.05


  
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