British NGO to fund HIV treatment in Tamil Nadu:

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British NGO to fund HIV treatment in Tamil Nadu:

[india News]: Chennai, March 2 : The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday

signed an agreement with an NGO from Britain that will fund the

treatment of people infected with the AIDS virus.

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation will provide Rs.80 million

(around $2 million) to bring down mortality rates in affected

families that have HIV positive patients, a state government

statement said here.

Around 1,000 people would get a multi-drug therapy from the fund and

4,000 more would be given better nutrition, the statement said.

The programme would be run through the government medical colleges in

Chennai and the districts of Salem and Tirunelveli.

Foundation trustee Hohn met Chief Minister J.

Jayalalitha after the agreement was signed between the NGO and the

state social welfare department.

--Indo-Asian News Service

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