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Boost for AIDS training and education

    JOHANNESBURG

    Canada has pledged close to US $60,000 to assist the Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN) in Zimbabwe with HIV/AIDS training and education.

    The WASN's education and training programme is expected to strengthen AIDS Service Organisations (ASOs) throughout the country.

    John Schram, the Canadian ambassador to Zimbabwe, told a local newspaper, The Herald, there had been little programming by ASOs which specifically addressed the unique needs of women and girls in HIV/AIDS, sexual reproduction health and rights.

    "Yet, we can see that it is women who have the biggest challenge in dealing with the effects of HIV/Aids," Schram said.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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