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Mbeki and Gates meet on HIV/AIDS issues
12 July 2006. IRIN PlusNews. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
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Computer software billionaire Bill Gates met with South African President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday in the capital, Pretoria, to discuss issues relating to HIV/AIDS.
Mbeki, who has drawn criticism for his sluggish response to the pandemic, admitted that health was one of the "principle challenges" facing South Africa and the continent as a whole, and said he wanted to discuss how Gates could help.
Gates described the country's progress in rolling out anti-AIDS drugs as "disappointingly slow".
The local Business Day newspaper quoted him as saying, "Everyone would like to see more patients on treatment ... in this country a lot of the credit for progress goes to the activists."
Gates said he was willing to share whatever ideas the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic organisation, might have on improved HIV prevention, treatment and care.
This item is delivered to the English Service of the United Nations' Humanitarian Information Service but, may not necessarily reflect the views of the UN. |
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