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Global Fund Grants Togo $108 Million to Fight AIDS

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

July 28, 2009

Togo is receiving a $108 million grant from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, according to the Western African nation's health ministry. Antiretrovirals have been available for free since November in Togo, whose HIV prevalence rate is estimated at 3.2 percent. The national HIV prevention agency says about 9,100 of Togo's 26,232 HIV/AIDS patients are receiving the drugs.

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Adapted from:
Agence France Presse
07.17.2009

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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