President Admits AIDS Epidemic
From Times Wire Reports
More than 1,200 Zimbabweans are dying each week from AIDS, President Robert Mugabe said, acknowledging for the first time the enormity of an epidemic whose existence the government previously had underplayed. In a speech marking the 19th anniversary of Zimbabwe’s independence, Mugabe said a national AIDS council would be formed to unite all sectors of the nation against the epidemic.
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