AFRICA: Germany Provides 23 Million euros to Fight AIDS in Africa

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AFRICA: Germany Provides 23 Million euros to Fight AIDS in Africa

Agence France Presse (10.27.09) - Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The five-nation Organization for the Coordination of the Struggle Against Epidemics in Central Africa announced on Tuesday that Germany is providing 23 million euros (US $34 million) to combat AIDS in the region. The new funds, which follow upon a German grant of 10 million euros (US $14.7 million) in 2007, will be disbursed from 2009 to 2012. The money will be allocated toward three objectives: ensuring the accessibility of condoms and female safe-sex products; educating people to change risky behavior patterns; and reducing stigma against those living with HIV.
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