African Summit on HIV/AIDS, TB and other infectious diseases

Updates and coverage of the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other Related Infectious Diseases, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria this year with the mandate to find solutions to the crisis.

Koffi Annan: "Dear friends, This is a conference about Africa's future. The incidence of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases is higher on this continent than on any other. Of course, this fact is connected to Africa’s other problems. Africans are vulnerable to these diseases because they are poor, undernourished, and too often uninformed of basic precautions, or unwilling to take them. Many are vulnerable because they have neither safe drinking water nor access to basic health care. They are vulnerable, in short, because their countries are underdeveloped. And therefore the best cure for all these diseases is economic growth and broad-based development."