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Former president visits Aids patients to promote treatment

(24 Feb 2005) SHOTLIST 1. Former US president Bill Clinton walking in to meet hospital staff and patients 2. Close-up Clinton''s hand signing guest book 3. Clinton signing his autobiography "My Life" 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, Former US president: "I wanted to come here and see what they''re doing, not only direct right care, but in supporting the people who are treated here in living life to the fullest and helping to build the support network and reduce the stigma associated with AIDS and see what else we can do with our foundation to continue to improve care." 5. Clinton unwrapping gift - painting drawn by AIDS patient in hospital 6. Media 7. Clinton poising for group photo with doctors 8. Guest book and Clinton''s autobiography on table 9. Close-up of Clinton''s signature 10. Security people in corridor 11. Crowd of people outside ward where Clinton met AIDS patients 12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Jin Dapeng, Director of Beijing Health Bureau: "Although President Clinton''s visit to our hospital is very short, what he has done here is very impressive to us." 13. Clinton shaking hands with doctors 14. Doctor filming 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Clinton, Former US President: "All the treatment like this is a matter of not only the care and the medicine, but also keeping the mind the right place - keeping them looking to the future." 16. Doctors 17. Clinton getting into car 18. Cars leaving STORYLINE Former US president Bill Clinton visited AIDS patients at You An hospital in Beijing on Thursday. Clinton visited the so-called "house of loving care", a special unit set up by the hospital to provide psychological care and treatment to AIDS patients. Clinton presented a gift to the hospital - two copies of his signed autobiography "My Life." The hospital gave Clinton their own gift - a painting drawn by one of the AIDS patients. Clinton also had a meeting with a couple of AIDS patients and, according to hospital officials, was "very impressed and satisfied with the living and treatment conditions" of AIDS patients. The former president, who has been actively involved with HIV/AIDS prevention and control, promised to donate AIDS medicine for Chinese children diagnosed with the deadly disease. His visit to the country''s capital was to promote his foundation''s efforts to fight AIDS. In April 2004, the Clinton Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with China''s Health Ministry, promising to provide technical assistance in AIDS care and treatment to China. During his visit to the hospital, Clinton said he was encouraged by the cooperation between the Clinton Foundation and China and that his foundation will continue to provide necessary support to China in preventing the spread of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are 840,000 HIV carriers in China, according to government estimates, and nearly 80,000 among them have AIDS. Beijing has become increasingly open about its AIDS epidemic after years of denial, promising to provide free anti-retroviral treatment for the poor and free testing and counselling for those who seek it. Since leaving office, former president Clinton has been using his celebrity status to provide help through his Little Rock, Arkansas-based foundation. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...