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Bush Launches Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Project In Zambia
"Zambian President Michael Sata on Friday told former U.S. president George W. Bush that the West should help fight the scourge of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa," Agence France-Presse reports, adding, "Bush is in Zambia on the second stop of a three-nation trip aimed at promoting efforts to fight diseases like cancer, AIDS and malaria" (12/3). While in Zambia, "Bush and his wife ... launched a project ... to expand the availability of cervical cancer screening, treatment and breast care education," making the country "the first ... to become part of the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon project," the Associated Press/Seattle Times writes (12/2).
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