Article: French Countess to Tell World Bank that AIDS Estimates are Understated, and to Call for All-Out $40 Billion Effort to Care for Perhaps 100 Million AIDS Orphans in this Decade.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A French Countess who pledged in September 1999 to pressure the 500 richest people in the world to set up a $40 billion endowment for the AIDS orphans of this decade takes her case to the World Bank here on Monday.

Albina du Boisrouvray -- granddaughter of Bolivian tin baron Simon Patino, acclaimed French film producer, philanthropist, and hotel entrepreneur, whom the Washington Post described as "an unlikely cross between Sonia Braga and Mother Teresa." will address the World Bank on "The Global Impact of AIDS."

Among the points that she will make are:

-- There will be within this decade closer to 100 million ...

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