AIDS funding announced

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Written by Peace on 1 December, 2006
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This morning the Federal Government announced some significant funding for combating AIDS in Africa - here is the news story: 

International Co-operation Minister Josee Verner made the announcement in Montreal on Friday, World AIDS Day, answering impatient activists and health experts who have waited for the past three months for an announcement.

The government also pledged to contribute $450 million over the next 10 years to support country-led AIDS efforts in Africa.

Verner said the government is determined to play an important role in combating the global pandemic, and wants to help build better health systems to ensure Africans have access to the services they require.  Mozambique, for example, will receive $10 million in support of its National AIDS council.

 

 

 

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