Africa: Museveni Asks U.S. Blacks to Support Continent

4 November 2007

Kampala — President Yoweri Museveni has called for a public-private partnership in the fight against HIV/Aids, a statement issued by the Whitaker Goup said on Friday. The President, who returned from his official visit to the US at the end of the week, made his call while meeting over 130 representatives of the African Diplomatic Corps, healthcare industry people and senior US government officials in Washington at a breakfast on Wednesday, October 31.

He said the partnership is crucial in research on the HIV/Aids virus and access to medicines for those already infected. The breakfast meeting was convened under the theme, "The way forward on HIV/Aids and healthcare in Africa: Partnerships and a new paradigm" and was held in recognition of President Museveni's achievement in the fight against HIV/Aids.

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