https://freerepublic.com/tag/hivinitiative/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:01:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/703184/posts 9:04 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. The global devastation of HIV/AIDS staggers the imagination and shocks the conscience. The disease has already killed over 20 million people and it's poised to kill at least 40 million more. In Africa, the disease clouds the future of entire nations and threatens to hold back the hopes of an entire continent. In the hardest-hit countries of sub-Sahara Africa as much as one-third of the adult population is infected with HIV, and 10 percent or more of the school teachers will die of AIDS within five years. The wasted human lives that lie... www.whitehouse.gov https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/703184/posts#comment Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:01:37 GMT