Gauteng HIV/AIDS budget almost doubled
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 06 June 2006. IRIN PlusNews. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
The health department of South Africa's Gauteng province has allocated US$814,000 to HIV/AIDS for the 2006/07 financial year, which started in March.
According to the South African Broadcasting Corporation, this was a 47 percent increase from last year's allocation.
During his presentation of the $1.5 billion health budget to the provincial legislature in Johannesburg, Gauteng health minister Brian Hlongwa noted that 41,000 people were currently receiving anti-AIDS treatment at public health facilities.
Hlongwa said his department planned to increase this number to 60,000 by the end of the year.
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