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Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
173 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa on Wednesday said that the government by next month plans to provide antiretroviral drugs free-of-charge to people living with HIV/AIDS in the country, Xinhua News Agency reports. Mkapa made the announcement during a ceremony in which the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria granted Tanzania $87.9 million to fight HIV/AIDS, according to the country's Daily News newspaper, Xinhua News Agency reports.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
Tanzania [6]

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