ceasefire when your enemy won't stop killing."
Clinton has recently accepted the post of co-chair of the newly-formed
International Aids Trust, alongside Nelson Mandela. He said that with
courageous leadership, the onward march of Aids could be halted quickly:
"This is not rocket science. It is about money, organisation and
will."
He focused on the central role the stigma of Aids played in sapping that
will. "With all of our progress we're still bedeviled by the oldest
problem of human society...the old habit of the human mind that demonises,
or is at best indifferent to, people we see as different."
Clinton continued: "Every nation has customs and traditions that
can make Aids difficult to discuss. But around the world, people are taking
risks that defy old taboos...and make dramatic improvement in the health
of their nations."
He deplored the continued denial of the problem that he had observed visiting
some countries like India, which is forecast to have the world's biggest
number of people with HIV by 2005.
But he singled out two nations that had made strides in conquering Aids:
Uganda, where the determination of its leaders to make a 'Big Noise' about
Aids prevention was instrumental in cutting infection rates nearly in
half; and Brazil, the only country in the developing world to offer triple
therapy to all, free of charge.
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