Entebbe, July 11: US President George W. Bush today said Uganda's journey out of the scourge of aids serves as a successful example for global efforts to contain the pandemic. "You have shown the world what is possible in terms of reducing infection rates," Bush told Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni during a meeting between the two.
Uganda is a model for stemming its once-spiraling rate of HIV infection. It stands in sharp contrast to Botswana - another stop on Bush's African journey - which is struggling with the world's highest HIV infection rate. Bush's own five-year, $15 billion aids plan is modeled after a program in Uganda, which stresses abstinence, monogamy and condom use.
Bush also praised Museveni as "a strong advocate of free trade" and a force for peace in central Africa. From their meeting, Bush and his wife, Laura, went on a tour of an aids clinic. Upon his arrival here from South Africa, hundreds of people lined the streets to greet him on his fourth stop during a five-nation African tour. Bureau Report