 
August 10, 2009
Hillary Clinton More Than Doubles Angola’s HIV/AIDS Funding
On her recent trip to Angola, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed an agreement with Angolan health officials to more than double U.S. HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention funding to the sub-Saharan African country from $7 million to $17 million, The Associated Press reports.
According to the article, Clinton is the first secretary of state to visit the country in seven years. In addition to increasing the Obama administration’s HIV/AIDS commitment to Angola, Clinton urged the government to follow up its successful legislative elections in 2008—its first in 16 years—by holding a presidential election as soon as possible. The country is still struggling to recover from a 27-year civil war, which ended in 2002.
“We look forward to Angola building on this positive step, including the adoption of a new constitution, investigating and prosecuting past human rights abuses and holding a timely, free and fair presidential election,” she said.
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