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Global Fund Approves $12.2 Million Donation for Serbia to Combat HIV/AIDS

November 8, 2006

As part of its sixth round of grants, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is donating $12.2 million to a five-year effort to help fight HIV/AIDS in Serbia. In announcing the new funding, the Serbian Health Ministry said the program will seek "to reduce and halt the spread of HIV among the specially vulnerable groups and to secure support for and treatment of persons with" HIV/AIDS. Since 2003, the Global Fund has awarded Serbia $3.6 million for HIV/AIDS control (2003-2007) and $2.1 million to fight TB (2004-2006).

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Adapted from:
Xinhua News Agency
11.08.2006

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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