Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2001. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2001. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia - November 27, 2001
"I am amazed by the magnitude and rapidity with which the global coalition was set up to combat terrorism after the sad September 11 events," Cameroon's Communications Minister Jacques Fame Ndongo told reporters on Monday evening.
"If the international community can mobilize the same effort and solidarity, we can win the war against HIV/AIDS...HIV/AIDS is a worse killer than the much talked-about terrorism," the minister in the Central African country said.
Nearly 4,000 died in the September 11 airline attacks on New York and Washington, which Saudi-born bin Laden is suspected of masterminding, prompting U.S.-led bombardments and military operations against him and his Taliban protectors in Afghanistan.
More than 22 million people have died since AIDS was first made public 20 years ago. Most of the 36 million people currently infected with the HIV virus which causes AIDS live in Africa -- the world's poorest continent.
Nearly eight percent of adults in Cameroon have HIV and infection rates in some southern African countries are even higher. In Botswana more than a third of adults are infected with the deadly virus.
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