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PEPFAR-Supported ARV Clinic Opens in Namibia

November 2, 2009

The first of five new clinics offering antiretroviral therapy opened Friday at the Okongo Hospital in Namibia, the Namibia Economist reports. The clinics are supported by about $1.4 million "in funding from the U.S. government through the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)," the newspaper writes (10/30).

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