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Irish grant to benefit PWAs

    JOHANNESBURG
    A US $3 million grant by the Irish government will help boost voluntary counselling and testing services in Uganda, the AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) said on Wednesday. "The grant follows the approval of TASO's three-year HIV/AIDS strategic plan by Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs," TASO head of finance, Nicholas Mugumya, told the UN news service PlusNews. Mugumya said TASO will receive instalments of US $500,000 every six months for increased access to voluntary counselling and testing services and the development of two new help centres. "It is a challenge to reach each and everyone who needs our services ... this money will be well utilised by increasing social support for HIV/AIDS orphans and PWAs [people living with AIDS]," Mugumya added. TASO presently runs seven centres countrywide, but plans to expand into northern Uganda this year.

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