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Government calls for proof of AIDS fund disbursement

    JOHANNESBURG
    Zimbabwe's National AIDS Council has been urged to display greater transparency in its disbursement of funds accumulated from the monthly national HIV/AIDS Trust Fund. A local newspaper quoted Health Minister David Parirenyatwa, as saying: "The funds are getting to people, but they are not visible. We want more visibility; we want to trace where the funds are going." The Fund was created in 2000 after the government imposed a three percent AIDS levy on personal and corporate income to increase the availability of antiretroviral treatment to HIV-positive people.

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