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Email this Webcast Related Links Zanmi Lasante - Partners in Health The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Country Focus: HIV/AIDS in Haiti Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Reports on Haiti Issue Spotlight: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic President Bush's HIV/AIDS Initiatives President Bush's International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative Organizations and Research Institutions Publications and Reports Related Webcasts HIV/AIDS in Haiti  4/16/2003 with Fred de Sam Lazaro This video feature is the first in a series of spotlights from kaisernetwork.org on local efforts around the world to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic . View our other video features on India and Brazil. Haiti is set to receive $67 million in grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Global Fund money will help provide these drugs to HIV/AIDS patients, with most of the funds being used to open 25 new testing and counseling centers throughout the country. Our reportâ??prepared by Fred de Sam Lazaro, also a correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrerâ??features interviews with First Lady Mildred Aristide and Doctors Paul Farmer and William Pape, who are on the frontlines of Haiti's efforts. View HealthCast ( video ) ( transcript ) CONTEXT OF THE EPIDEMIC 250,000: Estimated number of HIV infected persons by the end of 2001 7,063,722: Population of Haiti (2001) 30,000: Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS during 2001 200,000: Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under the age of 15 (2001) Sources: UNAIDS/WHO Epidemiological Fact Sheet on Haiti: 2002 Update; CIA World Factbook 2002 Sign up for email alerts and stay informed about upcoming HealthCasts, and the latest health policy issues, news, and events. Not sure if your computer is set up to view a HealthCast? For technical support on this or other issues: Consult our Frequently Asked Questions or How to View. Contact us by email with any comments, problems, suggestions. Call the kaisernetwork.org Help Desk at 202-347-5270. Change Your Video Preferences ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... About Us     Help