Bill Clinton Aims to Help Treat Kenyan Children for H.I.V.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 24, 2005
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 23 (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton on Saturday began a program aimed at nearly doubling the number of children receiving treatment for H.I.V. infection in Kenya this year.
Some 100,000 children are infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, but only 1,200 of them receive treatment. The Clinton Foundation Pediatric H.I.V./AIDS Initiative will provide treatment to an additional 1,000 children in Kenya, in East Africa.
The initiative is part of the Clinton Foundation's goal of treating 10,000 children with antiretroviral drugs in at least 10 countries this year.
Mr. Clinton has raised money from private donors led by the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, a London-based charity that pays for projects to improve the lives of children in poor countries.
Lone Pine Capital, an investment fund based in the United States, has also made a substantial contribution....
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