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Japan to Help Zimbabwe, Swaziland Fight AIDS

January 5, 2004

Japan's foreign ministry announced today that the nation will provide $2.15 million to a UN fund to help Zimbabwe and Swaziland fight the spread of AIDS. Just over $1 million will go to a Zimbabwe program to teach life skills to children with HIV and for seminars to increase AIDS awareness among young people. A Swaziland project to prevent mother-to-baby HIV transmission will also receive just over $1 million, the ministry said. The money will be provided through the Trust Fund for Human Security, a branch of UNICEF.

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Adapted from:
Agence France Presse
01.05.04

  
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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. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
 
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