Making Safe Blood Available in Africa: Hearing and Briefing Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, June 27, 2006, Volume 4 |
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Page 23 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify on the important topic of safe blood in Africa.
Page 58 - I thank you for your attention and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Page 30 - Botswana, Cote d'lvoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Page 1 - COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 3 o'clock pm in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher Smith (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding.
Page 83 - Condom promotion for AIDS prevention in the developing world: is it working?
Page 31 - Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am happy to answer any questions you may have.
Page 37 - I have a number of questions I would like to submit for the record...
Page 46 - I thank you for inviting me to participate in this important hearing on the exorbitant rate increases which cable television subscribers have experienced as a result of the 1984 Cable Deregulation Act.
Page 16 - Finally, we would like to thank all the members of the subcommittee for their dedicated efforts throughout the development of this report.
Page 59 - Sub-Saharan Africa, with just over 10% of the world's population, is home to more than 60% of all people living with HIV — 25.8 million in 2005.