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Brazil to Offer Massive, Free AIDS Testing
30 October 2003
By Reuters News Service
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil will launch a massive, free HIV testing program to find and hopefully help hundreds of thousands of people unaware they have the virus, the health minister said on Thursday, in the latest big step by an AIDS program that is a model for the developing world.
Brazil is believed to have 600,000 people who have the AIDS virus.
The World Health Organization has said it considers Brazil's anti-AIDS program to be a model for other poor nations. Brazil offers some free anti-AIDS drugs, and successfully battled rich countries last month to force drug companies to slash prices.
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 3 November 2003
Latin America : Brazil
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