Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report - Wed, 3 Oct 2001
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To
fight mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the country, the health
ministry and UNICEF are organizing a seminar for midwives and gynae-
cologists on how to care for HIV-positive pregnant women. The World
Bank estimates that three million Ethiopians are HIV-positive; UNAIDS
has stated that 10.6% of Ethiopian adults have HIV. Ethiopia cur-
rently has a population of 62.8 million (Agence France-Presse, 10/2).

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