HIV/AIDS touches Mugabe's family

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HIV/Aids touches Mugabe's family
BBC News

One in four Zimbabweans are infected with HIV/Aids
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has become the latest African leader to reveal that members of his own family have been affected by HIV/Aids.

Without naming anyone, he told the country's first conference on Aids that sufferers included "the extended family of... the president himself".

Mr Mugabe said HIV/Aids was "one of the greatest challenges" facing Zimbabwe but added it was not insurmountable.

Critics say the issue, long taboo, has been overshadowed by other problems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3812847.stm

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Mugabe a big obstruction in the Zimbabwe AIDS fight? This is reminiscent of when Reagan heard Rock Hudson had AIDS, it seems to me.