Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Bill Clinton: Compulsory AIDS tests essential

CNN reports:
Compulsory HIV testing of people in developing countries with high levels of infection is essential to reduce the spread of AIDS, former U.S. President Bill Clinton has said.

The former president, whose Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative is helping to provide cheaper AIDS tests and drugs, said making people aware of their HIV status was the only way to make them change their sexual behavior.

The foundation has brokered deals with pharmaceutical companies to bring the price of an instant test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, down to between 49 and 65 cents, or about half the normal cost. It has also brought down by about 70 percent the prices of some anti-retroviral drugs that slow the spread of disease.
Bill Clinton is a man who promotes the state in every nook and cranny of your life.We wonder if there will be any outcry in the "civil rights" community over this one.