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US announces AIDS funding increase

    JOHANNESBURG

    Kenya can expect an increase of over 50 percent in HIV/AIDS funding from the United States in 2005, a senior US official has announced.

    Leslie Rowe, the deputy US ambassador to Kenya, said compared to her government's pledge of just over $925,000 last year, the east African country would now receive $1.5 million.

    Rowe was quoted by a local newspaper, The East African Standard, as saying: "[The US] is keen on funding programmes with a direct social and community impact: HIV/AIDS is one such crucial area."

    Kenya plans to provide treatment to 95,000 of the estimated 220,000 people who require it by the end of this year.

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