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Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?

The outgoing U.S. president Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of the most controversial presidents ever. He created history by becoming the first American president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Only because he managed to win at the senate did he save himself and his country further damage. He has been the center of many burning controversies throughout...

AIDS testing gets support from Bill Clinton

Mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in countries with high infection rates has got support from Bill Clinton, Former US president. // There was a stigma attached to the deadly illness and the lack of treatment for those infected few decades ago and so AIDS testing was frowned upon. According to Clinton, countries where there was no discrimination against people with the illness an...

Bill Clinton On A Kill, To Bell The Bulge Out of Schools

Former U.S President Bill Clinton is on a different trip. Bill Clinton has learnt his lessons on obesity the hard way. // Bill grew up on rich, fat laden diets that did not even cushion his roller coaster rides in life, instead landed him in serious health trouble, leading to a major bypass surgery. Now, with a new lease of life, Bill is on an anti-obesity initiative, with a motive to make the fu...

MoU for HIV/AIDS Signed by Nigeria and Clinton Foundation

The Nigerian government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Clinton Foundation of United States on Monday to allow the supply of affordable//, high- quality drugs as well as diagnostics for HIV/AIDS treatment and care. The MoU was signed at the Presidential Villa with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former U.S. president Bill Clinton who is on a visit to Nig...

Clinton, Gates Highlight Treatment, Discrimination of AIDS

Former US president Bill Clinton and Microsoft boss Bill Gates said inadequate access to treatment and continued discrimination were among the biggest problems// in combating the AIDS epidemic, in addresses to the largest ever AIDS conference under way in Toronto. "We've got to continue to fight the stigma and stop people from being scared to know their status," Clinton told the confer...

Powerful Synergy: Botswana and Clinton foundation To Sign MOU

Gaborone – Furthering the initiative to improve HIV/AIDS treatment and evolve better prevention strategies, The Clinton HIV/AIDS Foundation and Botswana Government will// get into an agreement this month, to formally seal their synergy and take forward the vision, of an AIDS free nation. It is well known that, The Clinton Foundation has been a trailblazer of sorts, aiming ceaselessly to eliminate...

Clinton’s Nutrition Deal Cuts Junk Food on School Menu

Clinton’s Nutrition Deal with five giant snack makers has come to an agreement to discourage schools from stocking vending machines //with snacks high in calories, sugar fat, and salt. While lauded by some as a good effort, others criticized it as toothless. The companies, , Mars Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., Campbell Soup Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Dannon agreed to begin the promotion of snacks t...

Bill Clinton Says US Healthcare System Immoral

Former US president Bill Clinton has said that the country's was collapsing threatening the country's well-being, former President Bill Clinton told a symposium in San Francisco on Saturday. // "Our health care system is immoral because it doesn't provide health care to everybody," said Clinton at a symposium. "It's wildly uneconomical. We pay more than everybody else in the...

Hillary Clinton Speaks Up Strongly for Stem Cell Research

As US presidential primaries draw nearer, candidates seek to position themselves as very caring politicians. First it was healthcare, and now it is stem cell research. On Friday Hillary Rodham Clinton was joined by ten-year-old Alex Walter with Type 1diabetes and Laura Clark paralyzed since a car crash three years ago. Together they appealed at a meeting in New Hampshire fo...

Clinton Foundation Eases Over-Pricing Of AIDS Drugs Once More

Former US president Bill Clinton has once again lent a helping hand to HIV/ AIDS victims. After a fallout between the Brazil government and drug giant Merck over pricey anti-retroviral drugs, the Clinton foundation has helped diffuse the situation. Clinching a deal with two Indian pharmaceutical companies Cipla and Matrix, Bill Clinton announced the tie-up with the companies to provide second...

Clinton to Launch 70m Dollar Hospital Project in Malawi

Former US president Bill Clinton will on Friday launch a multi-million dollar hospital project in impoverished Malawi, where health care is dogged by poor facilities and a brain drain . "Former president Clinton will perform a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the modern hospital which will cost 70 million dollars," Local Government Minister George Chaponda told AFP T...