U.N. Chief to Rally G8 Against Disease, Food Crises
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on July 26 that he will urge Group of Eight (G8) nations to bolster efforts to combat disease, global poverty, climate change, the ongoing food shortage, Agence France-Presse reports (afp.google.com, 6/27).
At the upcoming G8 summit in Tokyo, to be held July 7-9, Ki-moon will ask world leaders to immediately address the global food crisis—suggesting a second green revolution to stimulate farm production—and to agree to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“I will also seek increased funding for specific programs relating to infant and maternal health, community health projects and disease control, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases,” he said.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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"I recently met a guy who is negative. I did tell him about my status and he decided to kiss me anyway (we didn't go further than that). But a day later, he called and said that he actually had a mouth ulcer that time when we kissed and he was very worried. Asked if he can get the virus from me that way. For that moment, I felt so insulted and yet I felt so bad. It was my first time having a contact with a "negative" guy."
