WASHINGTON- The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:
IDA GRANT AMOUNT: $25 million
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The objective of this project is to minimize the human and economic impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in four Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The project has three main goals: reduce the growth rate of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Central Asia in the period 2005-10; establish a Regional AIDS Fund to finance HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities in the Region beyond the end of the project; and contribute to better regional cooperation in Central Asia. For more information, please call Merrell Tuck-Primdahl at (202) 473-9516, or email: . For project information documents, visit:
www.worldbank.org/eca/aids
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