Bill Clinton and team from the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative are in Malawi today -- one stop on a six day trip.

Clinton is doing amazing work throughout Africa. Here's a clip of him with Paul Farmer from Partners in Health-- the other genius in the movement to provide care to the forgotten majority and help slash the cost of Rx drugs for the poor and impoverished. Actually, most of the credit for ruthless tenacity on that last front goes to Paul's longtime partner and friend, Jim Yong Kim.

Nelson Mandela is also featured. He turned 89 yesterday. Happy Bday!

The clip is 2 mins.

In it, Clinton says, "...life wouldn't be worth living if we had to watch our children fall like flies to a demon we could all defeat."

Think about that for one second. That statement put an immediate golf ball in my throat. Because it's exactly what's happening now. It doesn't have to be this way. We can beat this - TB, malaria, HIV/AIDS are all totally preventable.

If only we pony up.

I can tell they made this video after Clinton's trip to Africa last year, given that tablecloth-of-a-shirt he's wearing...unless it's his lucky Africa shirt or something. Who knows?



Here's what they're up to in Malawi since launching their work last year:

1. Helped register and finance the Neno Hills Farmers’ Association (NHFA), through which 1,200 Malawian farmers have been able to procure improved wheat seed and fertilizer, most of them for the first time.

2. Joined with Partners In Health and the Government on construction of Neno District Hospital and 23 adjacent houses for hospital staff.

3. Helping to manage the HIV/AIDS pandemic that perpetuates conditions of poverty.
(We have one of the stronger scale-up efforts in sub-Saharan Africa, and there has been a tenfold increase in the number of people receiving care and treatment since 2003. In addition, we already have helped 1,500 children start the treatment they need to survive. Still, half the people who need treatment can’t access it. So there is good progress in this area but there remain some major challenges.)

Godspeed, Clinton Foundation!