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Hollywood Actor Richard Gere Organizes Celebrity Fundraiser to Fight AIDS in India

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

December 20, 2002

Hollywood actor Richard Gere was in Bombay Friday to host a carnival with actors from India's film industry to raise awareness and funds to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. Gere, who often calls India his second home, has been campaigning against the spread of AIDS in South Asia. Gere's charity also supports health clinics in India and aims to build roads and a sewage system in Dharmsala, a mountain town in northern India that is home to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. An estimated 4 million people have HIV in India, or less than 1 percent of the country's population. A recent U.S. report -- rejected by the Indian government -- predicted the nation could have 20 million to 25 million HIV-infected people by 2010.

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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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