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S. African Politician Loses Child To AIDS (washingtonpost.com)
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A high-profile South African politician, Mangosuthu Buthelezi , said Saturday that AIDS had killed his daughter, his second child to die from AIDS-related illness this year. (article 3)
Buthelezi is one of the few public figures to speak candidly about the disease. (article 3)
The leader of the Zulu-dominated Inkatha Freedom Party, said he felt "despair and hopelessness" at the death of 48-year-old Mandisi Sibukakone. (article 2)
During the past 20 years, more than 65 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV and at least 25 million have died - more than the number killed in all the wars of the 20th century. (article 4)
That said, the book serves as a cautionary tale about how the structure of policy-making can itself become a barrier to getting anything done. (article 4)
While his criticism is at times too restrained, few are spared - including domestic AIDS activists for thinking globally too late, and leaders of developing countries for being slow to admit the depth of their problems. (article 4)
There's Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who in 2001 opened his checkbook and ponied up $100 million - half as much as the entire U.S. government - for the new Global AIDS Fund. (article 4)
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hiv, AIDS, disease, treatment, drugs |
Source articles
- CBC News: Bono politicking for AIDS (cbc.ca, 08/05/2004, 255 words)
- Aids kills Zulu leader's daughter (BBC News, 08/07/2004, 242 words)
- S. African Politician Loses Child To AIDS (washingtonpost.com) (Washington Post, 08/08/2004, 249 words)
- Review: Failure to address AIDS makes enlightening, if plodding, reading (dallasnews.com, 08/06/2004, 481 words)
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