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Grant Awarded to Support AIDS Projects in India

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 4th, 2000

The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation (FXB), New York, New York, will develop community-based programs in rural Rajasthan, India, to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, with the support of a $300,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

According to the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, an estimated 3.7 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in India, more than any single country in the world except South Africa. HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are spreading rapidly in Rajasthan, a rural state in northwestern India with a population of 44 million.

The FXB Rajasthan Society will...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-09-04)

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