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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• International News
Sweden to Grant Tanzania $22 Million for HIV/AIDS Treatment Project
February 22, 2005 Sweden will provide Tanzania with $22 million to help treat HIV/AIDS patients, a Tanzanian health ministry official said Saturday. According to the ministry's permanent secretary, Gray Mgonja, the grant was "timely" since the government has recently begun implementing the plan. Only about 3,000 of the approximately 2 million Tanzanians thought to be HIV-positive are receiving antiretroviral drugs, said Mgonja. The government plans to put about 400,000 people on treatment by 2008. Tanzania has already ordered $2 million worth of AIDS drugs, and another order for drugs worth $3.5 million is being processed, Mgonja added.
Excerpted from:Back to other news for February 22, 2005 Agence France Presse 02.19.05 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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