Voice of America - June 13, 2004
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Uganda has launched a program to give anti-retroviral drugs to patients with HIV-AIDS in the east African nation.

Health Minister Jim Muhwezi says the drugs will be available, free of charge, at 26 hospitals and clinics in the country. He says the program mainly targets poor people suffering from the fatal disease.

Mr. Muhwezi say the World Bank has pledged about $3 million to the program. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is also expected to give more than $70 million over the next five years.

Government campaigns in recent years have helped cut the infection rate in Uganda, where an estimated 600,000 people are living with HIV-AIDS.

Some information for this report provided by AFP.

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