Ireland to help Mozambique treat children with Aids

IRELAND will help one of the African countries worst affected by Aids to “scale up” its treatment of children with the disease, Minister of State Conor Lenihan said last night.

Mr Lenihan was speaking from Mozambique, where he led an Irish delegation which met with former US President Bill Clinton yesterday to discuss Aids prevention and treatment strategies for the country.

Mozambique is among the 10 countries most affected by HIV and Aids in the world. Approximately 13.6% of adults are HIV positive, with more than 500 new infections each day.