Singer Elton John told an international biotechnology conference that the world's governments and industries are "ignoring reality" when it comes to the prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS. John said Tuesday the organizations fighting the AIDS epidemic are fighting the stigma of the disease as much as they are the virus itself. He spoke to thousands gathered at the Georgia World Congress Center for the 2009 BIO International Convention. The singer launched the Elton John AIDS Foundation in the United States in 1992 and in the United Kingdom a year later after watching dozens of his friends die of the disease. The foundation has raised more than $150 million to support programs in 55 countries.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
