Clinton visits HIV kids in Dominican Republi

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP):

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited HIV-positive Dominican children in a hospital funded by his foundation for an up-close look at how AIDS can ravage its smallest victims.

Tuesday's visit was the first stop on an eight-day global tour of projects of the Clinton Foundation, which has several ongoing campaigns, including efforts to fight AIDS in the developing world and childhood obesity in the United States.

Clinton toured a playroom and the paediatric AIDS ward at the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital, which an administrator said treats roughly 610 HIV-positive children and teenagers. About one-fourth are currently receiving anti-retroviral drug therapy.

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