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01/28/2005:

"Ethiopia Begins Giving Free HIV Drugs"

Ethiopia has began giving free doses of life-prolonging drugs to about 14,000 HIV-infected Ethiopians in a U.S.-funded program, the government said Tuesday.

The program, which is being implemented in 20 hospitals and 30 health centers across Ethiopia, began Monday and aims to have 30,000 people on treatment by the end of the year, said Solomon Abate of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office.

Full Article : guardian.co.uk