Former President Bill Clinton talks about how philanthropy has allowed him to continue making changes in the world to help others in his new book, “Citizen: My Life After the White House,” published Tuesday by Knopf.
FILE - Bill Clinton, Founder and Board Chair of the Clinton Foundation & 42nd President of the United States, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in New York. FILE - Bill Clinton, Founder and Board Chair of the Clinton Foundation & 42nd President of the United States, speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in New York.
That method established a market for generic manufacturers of HIV/AIDS treatments that lowered the price of the drugs enough to make them available to countries around the world. Lower prices, now negotiated with drug manufacturers through what has become known as the Clinton Health Access Initiative, help provide HIV/AIDS treatments to nearly 1 million children around the world and have saved the lives of tens of millions of people.
“I wanted to keep score in terms of my work life by whether people were better off when I quit than when I started and whether children had a brighter future and whether we were bringing things together instead of tearing them apart,” Clinton said. “So far, I think I’m doing okay.” A: It means a lot to me and I try to honor it by being 100% transparent. For example, I knew at some point in the Haiti effort we’ve made over the years, I would be criticized, maybe even demonstrated against… so we just kept scrupulous records and made them open. When people trust you with money, you can’t guarantee success, but you can guarantee the integrity of the process and the energy behind the effort.
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