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Bruni-Sarkozy to be ambassador in the fight against AIDS
Dec 1, 2008, 10:48 GMT
Paris - France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is to be named later Monday a special ambassador in the global fight against AIDS.
Bruni-Sarkozy, whose brother died from the disease, will become a special ambassador for the the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international fund-raising organization.
'Of course, I'm particularly sensitive to this issue because of my brother,' the 40-year-old former top model told Elle magazine. 'But I am generally very sensitive to the cause of fighting AIDS. It's a pandemic. We forget; we are used to it.'
Bruni-Sarkozy said she would specifically concentrate on the fight against AIDS in Africa, and the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to infant.
'The situation is very worrisome,' she told Elle. 'The diabolization of the disease is decisive in its spread, because the women do not let themselves be tested, do not let themselves be treated. They are afraid of being ostracized.'
She called the data from Africa 'staggering.'
'Every day 1,000 children are infected with the virus, and 90 per cent of them through their mothers,' Bruni-Sarkozy said.
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markDec 3rd, 2008 - 16:21:43
Quite a hypocrite. She has shown no shame for sleeping around her entire life. She even had a child out of wedlock.
Now she comes out and says that we must fight AIDS, despite the fact that her own actions have done nothing more than promote the spread of the disease? Nothing but a mere political publicity stunt. Or perhaps more publicity for her album.
Yes, we must fight AIDS. But this kind of endorsement is exactly what we DO NOT NEED. Somebody whose actions, if mimicked by others, could only lead to more HIV cases. People may be public figures, but that doesn't mean they're immune from hypocrisy.
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