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Associated Press - December 3, 2003
Leonid Kuchma's approval came after the bank agreed to provide the funds to prevent and control the two diseases that have spread rapidly since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Ukraine, is the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe, has the highest HIV infection rate in the region. An estimated 500,000 people - 1% of the population - are infected.
The Health Ministry said this month that more than 60,000 Ukrainians are officially registered as HIV-positive, but the U.N. estimates actual infection rates to be 10 times higher.
Intravenous drug use has helped to fuel the spread of AIDS.
Tuberculosis cases in Ukraine have doubled in recent years to almost 700,000, and the death rate from the disease is mounting, Interfax reported citing health officials.
Ukraine's post-Soviet economic meltdown and the degradation of its state-run health care system have contributed to the spread of both diseases.
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