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RWANDA: DFID allocates 2.95 million pounds for HIV/AIDS work

NAIROBI, 13 November (IRIN) - Britain's Department for International
Development (DFID) has allocated ActionAid, a British development charity,
2.95 million pounds sterling (US $4.29 million) for HIV/AIDS work in
Rwanda, DFID reported on Tuesday.

The money will be disbursed over three years and will allow ActionAid to
help Rwanda's National AIDS Commission (Commission Nationale de Lutte
Contre le Sida) implement a five-point strategy to combat the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. The first of these five points - to set up an office and recruit
staff - began in early October and was to end 31 December, ActionAid
reported.

Other parts of the programme are for Rwanda to build capacity in its AIDS
commission, the NGO Forum on HIV/AIDS and other bodies so that they can
manage and coordinate their activities. The programme also seeks to help
civil society bodies to build their capacity to engage government and
donors in HIV/AIDS work. Another strategy is to encourage behavioural and
attitudinal change in face of the prevalence of the disease. Community,
family and local traditional capacities are to be strengthened in order to
increase on-site support such as counselling centres, and treatment
regimes for people living with AIDS. Last is a strategy to strengthen the
social coping mechanisms of poor rural and urban communities to face the
impact of AIDS.

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