
A three-year project, run by the NGO, World Learning, and funded by the US government, is also working with government agencies to create workplace interventions and policies to reduce the HIV risk among construction workers.Ethiopia’s construction sector has increased from an annual growth rate of about 3 percent in 2000 to 11.3 percent by 2008, and covers wide areas of the country. Experts say urban areas, where HIV prevalence is estimated at about 7 percent, clearly need HIV prevention urgently. However, rural areas – where prevalence remains relatively low at 0.9 percent – must not be left behind as small towns crop up along the country’s growing road network, blurring the distinction between rural and urban.However, the report indicated that Ethiopia had no intention to the invasion and said the US was behind the plot and was sponsored by the United States government.
