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...first between the Afghans and the Soviets and now between the Taliban forces and the rebellious Northern Alliance that includes Tadjik, Uzbek and Hazara tribes, the country was ill prepared for three years during which nothing but dust seemed to fall from the sparse clouds. Says Sigurd Hanson, Afghanistan director for the International Rescue Committee, an aid agency based in New York City: "Afghans are at the end of their resources...
...Keith Hanson of the World Bank AIDS Campaign Team for Africa said his organization had finally realized the seriousness of the epidemic and was beginning to increase the attention devoted...
...Life expectancy has fallen by 10 years in Africa, and may fall to 30 years. [This rate] has not been seen for about 1,000 years in Europe," Hanson said...
...Hanson said that the World Bank responded late to the crisis, and had not devoted all the funds needed to stop the crisis...
...thought the entire discussion was very, very substantive with a broad variety of viewpoints articulately expressed," said moderator and Master of Winthrop House Paul D. Hanson. "There were honest differences and it was a completely civil discussion...