Guinea-Bissau: Government launches first big push against AIDS

The government of Guinea-Bissau is launching its first big push against HIV/AIDS with the help of a US$19 million aid package from the World Bank and the Global Fund against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Health Minister Odete Costa Semedo said. The money pledged recently by these two donors will be used to help fund a three-year strategic plan to control AIDS, she told IRIN.