The Dominican government signed an agreement with the European Union and the Escuela Andaluza Española de Salud Pública of Spain to implement a RD$30 million program to prevent AIDS in the country. The program will be financed with European Union funds under the Lome Convention program. Dr. Max Puig signed for the Dominican government. The program will begin with pilot programs in the southwest, which along with the frontier area with Haiti is the most impoverished area of the country. AIDS is a prime concern in the country. There are estimates that if preventive measures are not taken by year 2000 some 300,000 persons will be affected.
