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Notes for press briefing by Stephen Lewis, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, on his recent trips to Malawi and Tanzania, United Nations, New York: 12:30 PM, Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Since this is my first press briefing of 2005, I feel compelled to begin with brief reference to the Tsunami, the Millennium Development Goals, the debt of African countries and “3 by 5”, the WHO/UNAIDS initiative to put three million people with full-blown AIDS into treatment by the end of 2005. Collectively, they form a backdrop for what I wish to say about the country visits to Malawi and Tanzania.

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