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 DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - First lady Laura Bush picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets Tuesday to emphasize that fighting AIDS in Africa also means tackling some of the continent's even more widespread afflictions — malnutrition and malaria.
"It's often overlooked that one of the essential things in the treatment of AIDS or HIV is good nutrition," she said after touring a garden whose produce is used to supplement the meals of AIDS patients at a Dakar hospital.
Mrs. Bush gave mosquito nets to AIDS patients as a doctor explained that insect-borne malaria — the biggest killer in Senegal — is even more dangerous for those who are HIV positive.
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