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Partnerships by women urged against HIV/AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Mozambican Minister for Women's Affairs, Virgilia Matabele, has urged women to work together in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

    At the recent launch of 'Kuyakana', a network of organisations representing HIV-positive women, the minister said only by collaborating could women reduce poverty, eradicate social exclusion and discrimination, and tackle the pandemic.

    The local news agency, AIM, quoted Matabele as saying: "The struggle against poverty and against HIV/AIDS needs a very strong partnership - we hope we can count on this network to overcome this evil. The government promises to provide the necessary support, so that fewer people become infected."

    Kuyakana will focus on prevention campaigns directed at women and girls, access to treatment, and mitigation of the pandemic's negative impact.

    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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