Desmond Tutu calls on youth to lead next generation in HIV/AIDS fight
Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday at a meeting on Robben Island, South Africa, that "was meant to be a symbolic passing of the torch from an older generation of activists to younger people," called on youth to lead the next generation in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports (5/3).
The event, convened by UNAIDS, "joined together world renowned leaders from the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention with a group of young leaders who, in turn, presented the commissioners with a 'call to action' articulating the vision of the youth movement on HIV," according to a UNAIDS press release.