First Lady Laura Bush Tours Haiti to highlight the United States
First lady Laura Bush on Thursday visited the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince as part of a trip to highlight U.S. efforts to promote health issues, including HIV / AIDS in the region, New York Times. According to the Times, Bush has promoted during his visit to the Emergency Plan for AIDS presidents, which provides aid to Haiti (Lacey, New York Times, 3 / 14). BRBRWhile in Port-au-Prince, George W. GHESKIO Bush visited the clinic, HIV / AIDS, research center, and spoke with staff and young people living with HIV, according to The Miami Herald.Bill Pape, GHESKIO clinic director, said the HIV prevalence in Haiti has fallen from around 14% ten years is 2.2%. Bush also met with various HIV-positive women who receive medical assistance program for microfinance, which is funded by
USAID (Charles, The Miami Herald, 14.03). Brbr for young people is important to see if they are tested and are HIV positive, there are good things you can do it, Bush said after meeting with two women and a young man who has access to treatment is at GHESKIO (New York Times, 14.03).She said she wants to encourage, in particular the people of Haiti and Haiti Americans. . . to stay in Florida and across the United States intervene in Haiti to achieve as individuals. . . to ensure that this success will continue, adding that it is important that Americans know what they doing.BRBRBush also all about how women are vulnerable to HIV / AIDS affected. He praised efforts to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV and directed, said that women taking more control over their lives.I
invite women of the world to know that you must respect the men, in any case, Bush said, adding: We must try to protect themselves as best as possible. I encourage women to do what they can be responsible for themselves, to reach them and tell their girlfriends, their children, while raising their daughters that their primary responsibility is to themselves (El Nuevo Herald , 3 / 14). BRBRBush also visited a training center Pages: [1] 2