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World Bank allocates funds to help war-torn Sierra Leone fight HIV/AIDS.
- Source :
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Lancet . 4/6/2002, Vol. 359 Issue 9313, p1219. 1/2p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Discusses a project to reduce the prevalence of AIDS in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Action by the World Bank to allocate money to Sierra Leone; Uncertainty of exact figures on the extent of AIDS; Efforts to determine how far the disease has spread; Goals of the project, including AIDS prevention and care; Focus on community and civil society-based initiatives.
- Subjects :
- *AIDS prevention
*AIDS treatment
*PUBLIC health
SIERRA Leonean social conditions
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 359
- Issue :
- 9313
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6435999
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08262-4