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Pediatrics
Obama: 'Too Many Still Die from Diseases That Shouldn't Kill Them...'
July 27th, 2009
During his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president, Barack Obama today gave an historic speech before Ghana's parliament. Devoting one quarter of his speech to address the deadly public health voids in many African countries, the President placed special emphasis on the preventable deaths of children and mothers, noting "...too many still die from diseases that shouldn't kill them." Acknowledging the public health strides that have been made in some parts of Africa, Obama added, "When children are being killed because of a mosquito bite, and mothers are dying in childbirth, then we know that more progress must be made." Obama went on to pledge...
Source: AIDS Vaccine Week (2009-07-27)
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