AEGiS-IRIN: ANGOLA: AIDS programme needs US $12 million

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ANGOLA: AIDS programme needs US $12 million

Integrated Regional Information Networks - August 10, 2000

JOHANNESBURG, 10 August (IRIN) - Angola requires about US $12 million to finance the activities of the country's national AIDS control programme, media reports said on Thursday. Quoting the deputy health minister, Natalia do Espirito, the reports said there was a need for improved education campaigns to prevent the further spread of the disease. Angola, according to government figures, had recorded 43,748 cases of HIV/AIDS by December 1999.
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