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News Briefs Celebrity Tour on World AIDS DayNovember 25, 2002 Six months after traveling to four African countries with Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, U-2 singer Bono is teaming up with actress Ashley Judd on a one-week bus tour of seven U.S. cities and towns to spread the message about Africa's HIV/AIDS plight. The tour will start on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, in Lincoln, Neb., then head to Iowa City, Louisville, and four other cities for town-hall type meetings at universities, churches, and other venues, said Jamie Drummond, who works closely with Bono. Among the participants will be Agnes Nyamayarwo, an HIV-positive Ugandan woman who moved many to tears on the Bono-O'Neill tour with the tale of how the disease devastated her family. Back to other CDC news for November 25, 2002 Washington Post 11.23.02 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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