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Dec 1, 2006

World AIDS Day activities include free testing

Story PictureAccording to global statistics, there are forty million people living with HIV and AIDS. Nationally, the numbers suggest that despite aggressive awareness and education campaigns, the rate of infections has remained constant. On the occasion of World AIDS Day, today local officials took their fight to save lives to the streets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports.

Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting
To commemorate World Aids Day, today the public received free HIV testing at various sites across the country. In Belize City checks were conducted at the Regent Street parking lot.

Marvin Manzanero, Director, National AIDS Program


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