AEGiS-IRIN: ETHIOPIA: Changing attitudes to HIV/AIDS

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ETHIOPIA: Changing attitudes to HIV/AIDS

Integrated Regional Information Networks - October 17, 2000

NAIROBI, 17 October (IRIN) - President Negaso Gidada said on Monday that Ethiopia had secured more than US $60 million dollars in credits from international financial institutions, including the World Bank to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. He said the credit was in addition to budgetary allocations made by the government for a four- year campaign, DPA reported. The announcement was made at the opening of a four-day national workshop on voluntary counselling and testing in Ethiopia, where Negaso said "breaking the silence" on the disease would help bring about change in attitudes on the spread of AIDS. Meanwhile, South Korea has deported 117 foreigners allegedly infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, including Ethiopians. Opposition deputy Kim Hong-shin said the deportations started in 1985, and should stop, AFP reported. Kim said the government should instead "establish special treatment facilities for AIDS-infected foreigners on a humanitarian basis instead of deporting them".
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