Group Gets $170,000 to Fight AIDS

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Group Gets $170,000 to Fight AIDS

Buffalo News (12.24.01) - Friday, December 28, 2001

Men of Color Health Awareness Project has received a $170,000 state grant to help fight HIV. New York Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia C. Novello said "these funds will build on New York's aggressive and comprehensive efforts to fight HIV/AIDS where it is hitting hardest - in minority communities." The organization, with offices in Buffalo and Rochester, will provide intensive outreach, case finding, behavior change interventions and ties to health care and counseling in minority communities.

"Malian President Honors People Living with HIV" Panafrican News Agency (12.24.01)

During the recent National Order awards ceremony in Mali, President Alpha Omar Konare paid tribute to two AIDS awareness groups for making a significant impact in the fight against AIDS. Medals were given to the Malian Association for Assistance and Support to People Living with HIV and the Women's Association for Assistance and Support to AIDS Widows and Orphans. Konare asked people to "open [their] eyes and be strongly committed to the fight against the AIDS pandemic." In an effort not to shock Muslim clerics who have condemned the use of condoms, the Malian leader said "Fidelity, abstinence, yes; but we cannot remain passive and let our youths die. Let it [the use of condoms] be understood."
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