Press Release: President Clinton Visits the Bahamas

President Clinton meets with supporters of the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative.

President Bill Clinton traveled to the Bahamas yesterday to host Bahamian government officials including Prime Minister Christie and partners in his foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative. The Clinton Foundation has been working in the Bahamas since August 2002 when they were invited by the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) to help address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Bahamas.

Since that time the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative wrote and completed a national care and treatment plan for the Bahamas. When the Clinton Foundation began working in the Bahamas, 470 people were receiving antiretroviral therapy; by the end of 2005, there were nearly 2,000. In 2005, the Bahamian government surpassed their national pediatric target and added 140 children to ARV treatment, and in both 2004 and 2005, no children were born HIV+. In 2006, CHAI will sponsor treatment for 100 children through its pediatric initiative. The Clinton Foundation applauds the government of the Bahamas for their strong leadership and decisive actions in fighting HIV/AIDS.

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