The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) has announced that it will equip health institutions in three towns in the southwestern province of Mambere Kadei with HIV/AIDS research centres and other facilities, state-owned Radio Centrafrique reported on Friday. It added that the government would also establish centres for voluntary AIDS screening, regional centres for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, a blood bank, and blood transfusion centres in the health facilities in the towns of Berberati, Gambaoula and Carnot, respectively 188 and 281 km southwest of the capital, Bangui.