{"id":393,"date":"2012-10-18T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2015-12-13T23:14:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T22:14:14","slug":"bill-clintons-daughter-chelsea-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton\u2019s Daughter, Chelsea Meets With President Goodluck Jonathan At Aso Rock Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daughterof formerUSPresidentBill Clintonyesterday met with
\nNigerian President GoodluckJonathanat the Aso Rock Villa as part of a
\ntrip organized by her father\u2019s foundation.<\/p>\n

While at the presidential villa,Chelsea Clintondiscussed her
\nmission in Nigeria with the president stating it as her father\u2019s
\nfoundation\u2019s effort to prevent deaths of 1 million mothers and children
\nwho die every year from preventable causes, including 100,000 deaths
\nfromdiarrhoea.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-olddaughterof PresidentBill Clintonand Secretary of
\nStateHillary Clintonjoined Nigerian officials, the prime minister of
\nNorway and other leaders on Tuesday in promoting expanded access to zinc
\n and oral rehydration solutions (ORS), a treatment that could prevent
\nmore than 90 per cent ofdiarrhoea-related deaths in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unconscionable that in the 21st century, children still die
\nofdiarrhoea,\u201d Clinton told Reuters in an interview over the phone from
\nAbuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

TheORSand zinc work in Nigeria is in coordination with the Clinton
\nHealth Access Initiative (CHAI), on whose boardChelsea Clintonserves.
\nShe had earlier taken a tour of Africa in July with her father, who
\nfounded William J. Clinton Foundation in 2001.<\/p>\n

Currently, fewer than 2% of children in Nigeria have access to the
\nWorld Health Organization-recommended treatment. Increasing the number
\nof children with access to the therapy to 80% by 2015 is whatCHAIis
\nset to do, and it would help prevent an estimated 220,000 deaths in
\nNigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would likeusto make real, measurable progress here in Nigeria
\nand in other countries where we are working onORSzinc,\u201d Clinton said,
\nincluding Uganda and parts of India, as part of Clinton Health Access
\nInitiative\u2019s new push to improve access to essential medicines for
\nchildren.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

Picture Credit: TheDailyBeast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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