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International News Malawi Pledges to Provide Free AIDS Treatment to 50,000 People by 2005December 4, 2003 On Monday, the government of Malawi pledged to provide free AIDS drugs to 50,000 people by 2005. About 15 percent of the poor southern African country's 11 million people have HIV, and AIDS- related illnesses kill at least 70,000 people a year there. Only 3 percent of Malawians have been tested for HIV. "This program can only work if we defeat the stigma attached to AIDS so that more and more Malawians enroll in voluntary counseling and testing programs," Vice President Justin Malewezi told a World AIDS Day rally. Funding for the drug program will come from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Malewezi said. Associated Press 12.01.03  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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