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International News France Announces 5 Million Euros to Help Fight AIDSJanuary 22, 2004 On Monday, the French government announced it would give 5 million euros (US$6.3 million) for the fight against HIV/AIDS over the next 18 months. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin made the announcement following a meeting with Bernard Kouchner, former minister of health and principal of the French-created humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. The money will go to ESTHER, a program in which France, Italy, Spain and Luxembourg cooperate to provide financial support to African, Asian and South American countries to fight HIV/AIDS. Xinhua News Agency 01.19.04 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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