KAMPALA, Dec 4 (AFP) - US Secretary for Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson arrived in Uganda for a three day visit to assess the US-sponsored programmes on HIV/AIDS in country.
"He has just arrived and we are on the way from the airport," US embassy spokesman Mark Schlachter told AFP by telephene.
Thompson will visit some upcountry stations of programmes sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Early Thursday, the US government pledged to give Uganda 6.2 million dollars to help the country to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs therapy to about 60,000 patients in three years.
The support is part of US President George W. Bush's 15 billion dollar Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, aimed at treating two million people, prevent seven million infections and provide care to 10 million people affected by HIV/AIDS.
Thompson was received on arrival by Ugandan Health Minister Brigadier Jim Muhwezi, government officials and diplomats.
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