Nigeria: Oil Firm Commits More Funds for HIV Prevention

Lagos — INITIATIVES to curb mother-to-child HIV transmission have received a major boost after one of the prominent oil companies allocated more funds to its local support programmes.

Chevron Corporation committed an additional $1.7 million to the PROMOT Project- sponsored by the nonprofit Pact- to extend the program throughout Bayelsa, one of the local states with the highest HIV prevalence rates.

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