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UNDP administrator Helen Clark arrives at the Timbuktu HIV / AIDS clinic on May 2nd, 2010 in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the countrys progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the countrys efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance.
The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic.
Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services.
The Administrator then visited the citys historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988.
On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Malis mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008.
These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains, the Administrator said, adding that Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.
Today, she also praised Malis democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials.
Helen Clark discussed a range of additional developm
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A mother and child recover from malaria in a hospital in Burundi. The Government provides free health care for pregnant women and children under five.
The young Burundian mother with her child on the morningÕs ward round declares that they are both feeling much better now. Malaria, TBC, HIV/AIDS and typhoid belong among the most frequent diseases affecting the adult and child Burundian population in this area. Despite the insufficiently developed and poor health system in Burundi, a certain progress has been recently recognized, presented in particular by free health care for pregnant women and children under age 5, decreed by the President in 2006.
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Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP
Global Dialogue on HIV and The Law "Bringing the Law Closer to the People"
Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Global Dialogue on HIV and The Law "Bringing the Law Closer to the People"
Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director
Global Dialogue on HIV and The Law "Bringing the Law Closer to the People"
Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Commissioner Barbara Lee
Global Dialogue on HIV and The Law "Bringing the Law Closer to the People"
Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
Global Dialogue on HIV and The Law "Bringing the Law Closer to the People"
Moderator ZeinabBadawi;
(L-R) Commissioner Barbara Lee; Michel Sidibe UNAIDS Executive Director; Jan Eliasson DSG; Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP; H.E. Mr. Festus GontebnayeMongae, Commissioner and former President of Botswana
