Lynne Featherstone MP yesterday embarked on the first day of a three day trip to South Africa with Business Action for Africa.The purpose of the cross party fact finding trip is to see first hand what role business has to play in the developing world in fight against AIDS.

Lynne Featherstone MP comments:

“HIV and AIDS in now one of the greatest stumbling blocks to greater prosperity and real economic growth in huge swathes of the developing world. As a policy former, I very much hope to learn more about the important role businesses have to play in the treatment and prevention of spreading of AIDS.

“Seeing this epidemic only as problems for governments, development agencies and aid workers is to completely underestimate the scale of effort now needed to the halt the tragedy that is ravaging the lives of so many around the world.”