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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• International News
Southern African Meeting in Tanzania Closes With AIDS Plan
August 26, 2003 At the conclusion of a two-day summit of southern African
leaders today in Dar es Salaam, heads of state pledged to fight
AIDS in their poverty-stricken countries. Tanzanian President
Benjamin Mkapa told some 1,500 delegates to the Southern African
Development Community meeting that the countries' chief concerns
are AIDS and poverty. He said the leaders approved an HIV/AIDS
framework and action program for 2003-2007. "It offers us a
measurable target against which our efforts, actions and
successes -- or lack thereof -- will be measured," he said, without
elaborating on the target.
Excerpted from:Back to other news for August 26, 2003 Agence France Presse 08.26.03 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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