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Clinton Foundation to treat 60,000 HIV-positive children

    JOHANNESBURG

    Former US President Bill Clinton has announced plans by the Clinton Foundation to treat more than 60,000 HIV-positive children in developing countries during 2006.

    According to Reuters news agency, Clinton made the announcement in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, where he kicked off his weeklong tour of six African countries.

    Earlier this year the foundation introduced an initiative that will spend about US $2 million on paediatric antiretroviral drugs for 10,000 children, with an additional $3 million for training local doctors.

    Clinton was reported as saying, "We hope to add another 50,000 children next year. We think that at the end of next year we will have about 60 countries buying medicines through my contract, and we are negotiating to try to add more producers to it."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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