[UNAIDS presents a more clinical argument.] We deal with the facts, ... And if you exclude any group from the process in response to AIDS, you can never build an effective response. That's the fact. |
Africa is fragile, and this could really overburden its systems. |
AIDS continues to tear apart families and communities, leaving behind 15 million orphans and robbing countries of their future. |
AIDS has become one of the greatest leadership challenges worldwide and the need is to have a vibrant political leadership that could make bold decisions to contain the epidemic, ... Today the issue of AIDS is in the same category as global warming or global terrorism and it is no longer an infectious disease alone. |
AIDS is tightening its grip on southern Africa and threatening other regions of the world. Today's report warns regions experiencing newer HIV epidemics that they can either act now or pay later -- as Africa is now having to pay, |
All the elements are here for the rapid spread of HIV, so it's(up to us) to express concern and to highlight the opportunities that are there. The opportunities are enormous to really stop the epidemic, to nip it in the bud. |
All will depend on which position the leadership of the country takes, |
Coca-Cola Africa's special strength is its ability to bring its unrivalled marketing and logistics expertise to responses to the epidemic, from the community to the highest political level, |
Commitment is vital, ... Resolutions will help, but the world must do more than talk about this epidemic. We must end it. |
Every one of these new HIV infections represents a prevention failure -- our collective failure, |
Governments of this continent have to increase their investment in AIDS, ... And in education and health, they all have an army. I mean there are resources there. Even if you're poor it's a matter of prioritization. And I think it's not too much. |
I think in that sense Indonesia could be a stellar example for the Muslim world, |
In Botswana, for example, two years ago about 36 percent of adults were HIV-positive, ... Today this is 39 percent, nearly 40 percent of all adults. |
In the '80s, he was truly a visionary at a time when it was absolutely not clear how devastating and epidemic AIDS would become, ... He pulled off what he called a global response both in developing and developed countries. |
It is quite clear that our current global efforts remain inadequate for an epidemic that is continuing to spiral out of control. |