U.N. Secretary-General Calls For Increased Attention To Connection Between Literacy, Health, Including HIV/AIDS
Medical News Today Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:14 AM PDT
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on International Literacy Day on Monday called for increased attention to the connection between literacy and health, including HIV/AIDS issues, Xinhuanet reports. "Illiteracy has a direct impact on human health," Ban said in a statement, adding, "It prevents people from being able to read the instructions on a medicine bottle.