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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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U.S. Official Visits Ethiopia over AIDS
November 15, 2002 U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Health and
Science Jack Chow made an AIDS assessment trip on Wednesday to
Ethiopia, one of the hardest hit countries in Africa, U.S.
diplomats said. Chow and Robert Blair, the State Department's
Advisor for International Health, were to meet Ethiopian
officials to discuss the latest report out of the US National
Intelligence Council, called "The Next Wave of HIV/AIDS." The U.S.
officials were also scheduled to meet church leaders, visit an
HIV voluntary testing clinic in Addis Ababa and meet with
officials of the national anti-AIDS council, representatives of
the Chamber of Commerce and non-governmental organizations. The
official rate of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Horn of
Africa country is 7.3 percent of a population of 65 million.
Excerpted from:Back to other CDC news for November 15, 2002 Agence France Presse 11.13.02 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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