Clinton to spend $10 million for kids with AIDS

[wyldwolf]

(Not bad for the "best republican president :rofl: we've ever had." (That charge is so damn funny - let me catch my breath!)

Former President Bill Clinton on Monday said his foundation would spend some $10 million this year to help treat 10,000 children afflicted with HIV/AIDS in 10 countries, particularly in rural Africa.

About half a million children worldwide are estimated to be living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Only about 15,000 to 25,000 are receiving treatment in developing nations, and half of those are in Brazil or Thailand, countries with substantial anti-AIDS programs, Clinton said.

"One in every six AIDS death each year is a child," Clinton told a news conference at his Harlem offices. "Yet children represent less than one of every 30 persons getting treatment in developing countries today."

The former president said the Clinton Foundation would spend some $10 million for programs in rural areas, in conjunction with UNICEF, the U.N. Children's Fund and other organizations. Their goal would be to reach 60,000 children by the end of 2006.

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8150936

[cornermouse]

1. Sounds like something the christians should do...

but won't.

[glarius]

2. Clinton and Carter have done wonderful things for humanity since leaving

office....Consider the difference with George Bush senior....His main concern is acquiring more for himself....

[fasttense]

3. You'll never see the b*sh regime do something like this. n/t