Elton lends star power to US war on DIDS.
Rock star Elton John teamed up with the Obama administation Friday ,
to launch a new S7 million fund to provide access to HIV service in South Africa.
The fund will be established for men who have sex with men and transgender
poeple in the nation, the only African country where same-sex marriage is legal.
The British pop music icon lent star power to the state Department when he met US
Secretary of State John Kerry in his private office to discuss the roll out of the
project ,part of the efforts to create a world free of AIDS.
We all work together to ensure that in this day age,nobody gets left behind ,
no matter what their sexuality ,their clour or whatever .
It's important'John told reporters'
If people get left behind ,the disease will get left behind and we will face an enormous
uphill battle
The singer and his partner David Furnish were in the US capital ahead of being guests
of honour at the Human Rights Campaign annual gala on Saturday.
The Elton John AIDS Foundation is teaming up with the US Presidents 'sEmergency Plan
for AIDS Relief to expand South Africa related services as part of the new African
program called HEALTH4MEN".
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