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Increased AIDS support promised by Germany

    JOHANNESBURG

    Germany has announced plans to boost programmes aimed at tackling HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

    According to German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, her country was committed to the Millennium Development Goal of curbing the spread of HIV by 2015 and anti-AIDS programmes were already showing results in several regions.

    Germany's Deutsche Welle news service quoted Wieczorek-Zeul as saying: "With treatment, lives are being prolonged, so that children have their parents with them for longer and HIV-positive people can lead longer, fuller lives."

    The country is the third largest anti-AIDS donor, after the USA and UK, and currently contributes more than $387 million annually.

    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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