Panafrican News Agency - November 30, 2001
The Congolese leader made the commitment during discussions with visiting WHO Regional Director for Africa, Ebrahim Malik Samba.
Samba, who is in Kinshasa for Saturday's World AIDS Day activities, participated in Friday's public campaign on AIDS organised by the Congo branch of the Association of Health Communicators in Africa, in collaboration with the National Programme for AIDS Control (NPAC) and WHO.
He hailed the Congolese media for their awareness programmes highlighting the dangers of the pandemic.
Some 2.8 million of 40 million Congolese population, are said to be living with HIV/AIDS.
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