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A new project launched outside Ladysmith, in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, could benefit thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS.
The US $120 million Augmented Community HIV Action Project (ACHIVA), a partnership between pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb and the provincial health administration, focuses on clinical and home-based care, counselling and food security through income-generating initiatives.
According to the South African Broadcasting Corporation, ACHIVA also hopes to strengthen programmes to prevent the mother-to-child transmission of the HI virus.
Nine other countries, including Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho, have also been awarded grants.
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