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9 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 09:47 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Malawi’s government has scrapped extra payments to HIV-infected civil servants, accusing some of them of spending it on prostitutes and beer.<\/p>\n

The $35 (\u00a321) monthly payment would be replaced with “nutrition food bags”, said government official Mary Shaba.<\/p>\n

This would stop workers from using the money on prostitutes and “further spreading the virus”, she added.<\/p>\n

The scheme was intended to help sick workers improve their diet.<\/p>\n

Ms Shaba said the scheme, introduced in 2007, had also been abused by civil servants who falsely claimed that they had HIV so that they could cash in on the allowance.<\/p>\n

Nearly 40,000 civil servants, out of about 170,000, claimed the allowance.<\/p>\n

The average monthly salary in Malawi’s civil service is $100.<\/p>\n

Around 14% of the country’s population is HIV-positive.<\/p>\n

The illness has cut life expectancy in the southern African nation to 36.<\/p>\n

The move comes as the UN hosts a summit to mark the 30th anniversary of the first diagnosis of Aids.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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