“Zambian President Michael Sata on Friday told former U.S. president George W. Bush that the West should help fight the scourge of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa,” Agence France-Presse reports, adding, “Bush is in Zambia on the second stop of a three-nation trip aimed at promoting efforts to fight diseases like cancer, AIDS and malaria” (12/3). While in Zambia, “Bush and his wife … launched a project … to expand the availability of cervical cancer screening, treatment and breast care education,” making the country “the first … to become part of the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon project,” the Associated Press/Seattle Times writes (12/2).

“Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is an innovative partnership between the George W. Bush Institute, [PEPFAR], Susan G. Komen for the Cure and [UNAIDS] that leverages public and private investments and existing health infrastructures to combat cervical and breast cancer, the two leading causes of cancer deaths among women in sub-Saharan Africa,” according to a UNAIDS press release (12/2). “‘What is needed is support from the developed world. It should be our priority to save human life in all places,’ said Bush,” Agence France-Presse writes (12/3).