New U.S. aid to help Dominican R. fight HIV/AIDS

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    SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has donated（捐赠） 634,000 U.S. dollars in a new bid to help the Dominican Republic fight HIV/AIDS, the government said Friday.
    The funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (Usaid)（美国国际开发署） will be dispensed¹ in eight agreements with various local non-governmental organizations, with those living in extreme poverty as the initiative's main beneficiaries, the Public Health Ministry² said in a statement.
    The aid package will be focused on enforcing prevention and treatment programs in the country's eastern and northern regions, as well as in the region bordering Haiti, it added.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)