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Cameroon Announces Free Health Care for Nearly 50,000 HIV Patients

May 4, 2007

Urban Health Minister Olanguena Awono announced on April 19 that Cameroon will begin providing free antiretroviral treatment to almost 50,000 people with HIV/AIDS, including some 4,000 children. According to Awono, UNAIDS provided the country with a $68 million, two-year grant to help finance the treatment. ARVs will be provided to those patients registered at special health centers, a health ministry spokesperson said. UNAIDS estimates show around 5.5 percent of Cameroon's adult population have HIV.

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Adapted from:
Agence France Presse
04.19.2007

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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