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Associated Press - Tuesday November 14, 2000
The money will be used to support a program to profile the nature of HIV infection in Nigeria, then target prevention programs similar to those the school has done in Senegal, where infection rates have been stable at 2 percent.
The rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Nigeria -- Africa's most populous country with 113 million people -- is still very low, said the school's dean, Barry R. Bloom. Officials hope the rate can be kept well below the 25 percent to 30 percent infection level of some other African nations.
The grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was announced Monday.
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