August 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Zambia: HIV: AIDS: Peace Corps Directors - Vasquez: Times of Zambia: Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS,” he said.

Peace Corps Online: Directory: Zambia: Peace Corps Zambia : The Peace Corps in Zambia: August 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Zambia: HIV: AIDS: Peace Corps Directors - Vasquez: Times of Zambia: Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS,” he said.

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Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS,” he said.

Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS,” he said.

Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. “Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS,” he said.

Veep calls for greater effort to rein back HIV infection

By Times Reporter

VICE-President Nevers Mumba (right) has called for more efforts to further reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS infection among Zambians which stands at 16 per cent.

Dr Mumba said it was encouraging to note that the rate of infection had reduced from 25 per cent to 16 per cent but a lot still needed to be done to bring the figures even lower.

He said he appreciated the fact that Zambians had taken the fight against the scourge seriously in all sectors as they did not want to pretend anymore about the existence of the deadly disease.

Dr Mumba said this when visiting Peace Corps global director from the US, Gaddi Vasques called on him yesterday at his office.

The Vice-President said Government was hopeful the HIV/AIDS scourge would be conquered in the same manner that Tuberculosis (TB) was.

"TB bowed down and we should see the downfall of the giant called HIV/AIDS," he said.

He told the US delegate that first republican president Kenneth Kaunda had contributed to the fight againist HIV/AIDS through his campaigns across the country.

Dr Mumba commended the US government for sending volunteers to Zambia through the Peace Corps which had been engaged in several support programmes.

He said Zambia was glad that most Peace Corps volunteers who had come to Zambia had shown willingness to remain in the country for another term.

The Vice -President pointed out that the support from the US Global Fund for AIDS to Zambia was a clear in indication of how strong the relations between the two countries were.

In said in the current moment of terror and insecurity in some parts of the world, Zambia had remained a haven of peace for the past 40 years and was happy that the US Peace Corps volunteers were living happily among the local people.

And Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Zambia would receive the largest amount of money for the fight against HIV/AIDS.

"Zambia will be the recipient of multi-billion dollar funds on for HIV/AIDS," he said.

He said the Peace Corps was making several proposals to the US-AID programme on how the money should be realised and Zambia was going to receive the largest percentage of the Global Fund.

Mr Vasquez told the Vice-President that Peace Corps was happy with the security given to the volunteers in Zambia as that was the major issue for President George Bush and his congress.

He said Peace Corp was operating in eight of the provinces in Zambia and would soon go nation-wide.

Peace Corps first opened in Zambia in 1994 with a group of volunteers engaged in water, sanitation and education.

In 1996 the programme was expanded to include a community action for health project and a rural aqua-culture project.





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