Free AIDS Test by Text Message

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Ethiopia
Partners: 
Ethiopia's Federal HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Office;
Activities: 

Ahead of Ethiopia's New Year Celebrations in 2009, all of the 2.5 million mobile phone users received a text message to inform them about free HIV testing for themselves and their families.

Further reading: 

Malone, B. 2009, Ethiopians Offered Free AIDS Test by Text Message, Reuters, 8. Sept. 2009

[added Jan. 2010]

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