Getting Personal With AIDS and Africa

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Getting Personal With AIDS and Africa

AP Photo / Jerome Delay

Bongos, an 8-year-old HIV-positive boy, waits in a hallway of the medical clinic at the Sparrow Rainbow Village in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November 2005.

Stephanie Nolen, the last Western journalist covering the AIDS beat in Africa, tells Truthdig it is unfortunate but true that the more people die, the less people care, which is why she has decided to get personal with a new book that approaches the crisis from a different perspective.

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By Suntouso, June 9, 2007 at 9:22 pm Link to this comment

How much money do I have to give ?? We do not take care of the people here who have aids, no food, etc. How much does the World Health take care of ? The red cross? The salvation army ? The united way ? Bill and Hilary ? ETC They all pocket 90 % of the money !!!

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