Germany to provide Euro 700,000 for HIV prevention in MyanmarYANGON, May 5 (Reuters) - German Government today agreed to provide 700,000 Euro (US$ 870,000) in support of UNICEF’s work with local NGO’s in providing life skills and HIV/AIDS prevention education programmes for out-of-school youth in Myanmar, the UNICEF announced in a Statement here today. The Statement said that UNICEF’s programme will operate in 20 townships that are particularly affected by HIV/AIDS, and where out-of-school youth do not normally have access to alternative learning opportunities. There are approximately 330,000 people living HIV/AIDS in Myanmar and the prevalence rate among the people 15 to 49 years age is estimated to be 1.2 percent, according to the Statement.
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