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AIDS the main focus for US delegation

    JOHANNESBURG

    A US congressional staff delegation will focus on HIV/AIDS during a visit to South Africa in August, the US ambassador to South Africa, Cameron Hume, has said in a statement.

    Led by senate majority leader Bill Frist, the visit follows President George W. Bush's signing of a US $15 billion global emergency HIV/AIDS plan for Africa and the Caribbean.

    Officially opening the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute at the University of Natal, Hume said President Bush and his administration were strongly committed to tackling HIV/AIDS.

    South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the new HIV/AIDS research facility, saying: "This excellent example should serve as a model for the current crop of medical students and medical practitioners as we engage in the new struggle against HIV/AIDS."

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