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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
165 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Although the objective of the World Health Organization's 3 by 5 Initiative - treating three million people with antiretroviral drugs by 2005 - is behind schedule, it is still possible, according to the first progress report for the initiative released on Saturday. The report - released in advance of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand - estimates that 440,000 people currently are receiving treatment under the program.

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Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/23131 [5]

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