-Caveat Lector- > >N.Y. Times >May 10, 1999 > >U.N. Official Says AIDS in Southern Africa 'Exceeds Worst Nightmares' > >By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE > >BONN -- An AIDS epidemic in southern Africa is out of control, the leading >epidemiologist of the United Nations agency for AIDS (UNAIDS) says in an >article in Monday's edition of German magazine Focus. > >Bernhard Schwartlaender said more than a quarter of the adult population >of Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe is infected with the AIDS >virus. AIDS is the biggest killer in those countries and in South Africa, >where the spread of the virus has grown in pace since the start of the >decade. > >The situation "exceeds the worst nightmares," Schwartlaender is quoted as >saying. > >The number of people requiring treatment for the disease is sapping the >countries' social resources, he added. > >UNAIDS on Thursday announced a 100-million-dollar programme to address the >H.I.V./AIDS crisis in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and >Swaziland. > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
