New Vision (Kampala)

Uganda: Alicia Keys Arrives Tomorrow

8 April 2006

Kampala — Grammy-award winning popstar Alicia Keys arrives in the country tomorrow for a four-day trip to support the war against HIV/AIDS.

The 26-year-old Keys and other American celebrities support the Brooklyn-based charity, Keep a Child Alive, which provides medicine to parents and their children living with AIDS in Africa.

While here, she is expected to interact with families and children devastated by the scourge.

Uganda's campaign against HIV is one of the world's success stories.

About 25.4 million of the 39.4 million people in the world living with HIV, nearly two-thirds live south of the Sahara.

Tagged: AIDS, Arts, East Africa, Health, Music, Uganda

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