Obama discussing HIV/AIDS in South Africa


Posted by Helena Cobban
November 4, 2008 9:50 AM EST | Link
Filed in Global affairs , US election 2008

Thanks to Dominic who sent me the link to this YouTube video of a meeting Sen. Obama had in August 2006 with some leaders and township-based activists in South Africa's HIV/AIDS Treatment Action Campaign.

A newsletter that the Treatment Action Campaign sent out today noted that,

    During the closed session of their meeting TAC members suggested to Senator Obama that he run for president. Obama took a strong position on preventing and treating HIV/AIDS...
Watching this video gives you a good reminder that the outcome of today's election will have a major impact on the lives of billions of people around the world. Including the millions in sub-Saharan Africa who've been stricken by HIV/AIDS.

Bush administration spoksepeople have put a lot of emphasis on the generosity of the support it's given to anti-AIDS efforts in Africa. But those efforts have been horribly held back by the Bushists' staunch insistence that prevention campaigns should focus only on sexual abstinence rather than the full spectrum 'ABC' (Abstain; Be faithful; or Condomize) approach.



Comments
Comment from... Jack Lewis, at November 5, 2008 01:54 AM:

thanks for highlighting the clip of President Obama's visit to Khyelitsha - about 20 of us were up all night watching the victory unfold. Its a turning point. You can feel the impact of the victory on democracy here already - its in the air...

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