Bill Clinton launches Kenya HIV plan

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http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/23/bill_clinton_launches_kenya_hiv_plan/

Bill Clinton launches Kenya HIV plan

By Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press Writer | July 23, 2005

NAIROBI, Kenya --Former President Bill Clinton launched a program
Saturday that is to nearly double the number of children receiving
treatment for HIV infection in Kenya by the end of the year.

Some 100,000 children are infected with HIV, but only 1,200 receive
treatment. The Clinton Foundation Pediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative will
provide treatment to an extra 1,000 children in this East African
nation.

The initiative is part of the Clinton Foundation's goal to have
10,000 children on anti-retroviral treatment in at least 10
countries by the end of 2005.

Clinton has raised funds from private donors led by the Children
Investment Fund Foundation, a London-based charity that funds
projects to improve the lives of children living in poor countries.
The U.S.-based investment fund Lone Pine Capital has also made a
substantial contribution.

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1. God bless him.

He's a mensch.