BCC partners FHI360 in scaling up anti-HIV/Aids campaigns

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to partner the USAid-funded Family Health International (FHI360) in scaling up HIV and Aids awareness, treatment and care programmes, a council report shows.

The FHI360, which operates in more than 70 countries worldwide, recently received a five-year grant to “complement government’s efforts to strengthen HIV care and treatment linkages of health facilities they service”.

According to a council general purposes committee report, the FHI360 plans to scale up its HIV awareness, care and treatment in Bulawayo.

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