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Singapore to Set Up Fund for HIV-Positive Women, Their Children

December 5, 2005

Today, Channel NewsAsia reported that Singapore is setting up a fund to aid HIV-positive women and their children. Several hundred thousand Singapore dollars will be raised for the fund, said Senior Minister of State for Health Balaji Sadasivan, who urged the public to contribute. On Thursday, the Ministry of Health reported that 2,584 people in Singapore had been diagnosed with HIV through October, including 299 women and 25 children.

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Adapted from:
Xinhua News Agency
12.05.05

  
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