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OAU ministers to meet on HIV/AIDS

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    African health ministers are to meet on 7-9 May in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to discuss HIV/AIDS which, according to the WHO World Health Report 1999, caused about 1.8 million deaths in Africa in 1998.

    At the meeting, the health ministers will receive and make recommendations on the framework document of the International Partnership against HIV/AIDS in Africa, which involves UN agencies and other institutions.

    The conference is organised jointly by UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDCP, World Bank, the African Development Bank and the UNAIDS Secretariat.

    [Information on the conference is available at the UNAIDS web site http://www.onusida-aoc.org/]

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