Washington Post Profiles AIDS Awareness Trip to Africa by Gates Sr., Carter
The Washington Post yesterday profiled the trip through Africa last month by Bill Gates Sr. and Jimmy Carter on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In an effort to focus attention on AIDS prevention, the two men "zigzagg[ed]" across Africa -- spending time in South Africa, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Namibia, Angola and Kenya -- to promote condom use, distribute grant funds, and "plead" for more action on HIV/AIDS from governments. The article is available online (DeYoung, Washington Post, 4/14).
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