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New Vision (Kampala) - May 29, 2004
Joe Nam, Kampala
She also called for increased access to anti-retroviral drugs to enable parents with AIDS live longer and more productive lives to care for their children.
The senator who was concluding a four day visit to the country said this on Thursday during a luncheon with Church of Uganda Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi and US Ambassador Jimmy Kolker.
Laundrieu was here to study issues that have led to large numbers of orphans in Africa.
They also discussed ways through which the US Government can support efforts by Ugandans to find sustainable and supportive homes for orphans.
"Uganda is a recognised international leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS and now the country has the opportunity to become a leader in providing for AIDS orphans. We should adopt and raise orphaned children as if they were our own," she said.
There are over 2 million children orphaned by AIDS in Uganda.
Landrieu from Louisiana State is currently serving as the Senate Democratic co-chair of the congressional coalition on adoption. It has over 180 members of the American congress who are committed to eliminating the barriers that hinder orphans and foster children from realising basic family needs.
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