THE US Export-Import Bank is ready to provide up to $250m in loans, guarantees and insurance to help Ghana acquire US-made medicine and equipment to combat HIV and AIDS. The agreement is part of a S1bn Ex-Im Bank program established last July to back Africa’s fight against HIV/AIDS. Ghanaian Health Minister Dr Richard Anane, who signed the agreement, said an estimated 300_000 of the country’s 18 million people are afflicted with HIV/AIDS. – AFP