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AIDS/TB get govt cash injection

    JOHANNESBURG

    Almost US $2 million has been allocated to fight HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa's Western Cape city of Cape Town.

    According to the local Argus newspaper, the funds approved by the city council last week will be used to employ more nursing staff and fund local NGOs and CBOs working with AIDS and TB patients.

    The provincial health department has estimated that the city has an average HIV infection rate of 17 percent, with Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of the city, being most affected. There are also about 26,000 cases of TB.

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