Wednesday, February 24, 2010

US Launches Program for HIV/AIDS Victims

By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
23 February 2010

The US announced on Monday a $13.4 million program to reduce the impact of HIV and AIDS in Cambodia.
More than 700 people gathered for the launch of the program, at a Takeo province pagoda that acts as an orphanage and help center for victims of the disease.
The five-year US program will “offer care to people affected by HIV/AIDS, including people living with the disease and orphans, while also seeking to prevent new infections among groups at high risk of acquiring the disease,” the US Embassy said in a statement.

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