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New HIV/AIDS funding underway

    JOHANNESBURG

    Rwanda's national HIV/AIDS control plan is set to benefit from a US $2.8 million African Development Bank (ADB) grant.

    The bank said in a statement on Tuesday that the recently approved grant was expected to boost the government's efforts in improving the health of its people, and to slow down the spread of HIV/AIDS.

    Rwanda has one of the highest HIV infection rates in central Africa, with an estimated 11.3 percent of all adults aged between 15 and 35 living with HIV/AIDS.

    The country's HIV/AIDS Control Commission is currently campaigning to integrate HIV/AIDS programmes into its private and public sectors, as well as seeking new strategies to tackle HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination.

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