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Article

14 Feb 2007

Author:
Efem Nkanga, This Day [Nigeria]

HIV/AIDS: African GSM Groups, US in $10m Deal

Ten African countries…are to benefit from a partnership deal worth $10 million between the GSM Association, leading players in the mobile telecommunications sector and the [USA govt.]…to use the mobile phone to combat the HIV/AIDS…[This is a] public private initiative…to strengthen health systems and tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases…The partnership…currently has as members MTN, Motorola, Voxica, Accenture, GSMA…