“All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why every country must also improve literacy, especially for women and girls, so that they can make wise choices that will keep them healthy and safe.”

— Laura Bush

Remarks at UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (June 2, 2006)

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