August 04, 2008
Bill Clinton in Africa looks at fight against AIDS
Posted by: Thinker : Category: News
By TODD PITMAN Associated Press Writer DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Former President Clinton said Sunday that keeping HIV-infected children in the developing world well-fed amid the pressures of skyrocketing global food and fuel prices will be crucial to fending off the deadly virus. Speaking on the final day of a four-nation Africa tour that began last week, Clinton said he saw children in Ethiopia who “cannot live” because they were so malnourished they could not absorb lifesaving antiretroviral drugs. “If you look at the rising price of petroleum, the rising price of food around the world, we are all going to have to re-examine how we produce food, where we produce it, how…
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