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| | SO News - USAID Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | History was made two weeks ago in Namibia, when King Taapopi, the traditional leader of the Uukwaluudhi Constituency in Northwest Namibia, became the first traditional leader to speak out publicly on HIV and AIDS. |
 | | His Royal Highness spoke to more than five hundred of his rural constituents to inform them about the disease (how to prevent infection, and how to live positively for as long as possible if one is already infected), and to warn them against alcohol abuse, family violence and stigmatization, as contributing factors. |
 | | In keeping with the solemn mood, the king donned a simple sack-cloth, saying that his people are suffering and he wants to show that he is suffering with them. |
| www.usaid.org.na /pronews.asp?proid=5 (10935 words) |
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