There are a lot of really poor people there. They can't afford to go anywhere else.

It's just been incredible, I'll tell you. They didn't get flooded, but the devastation is incredible.

We're having some fantastic meals. They sure know how to cook.

The humidity down here is just terrible, and everybody is working really hard.

The drugs are free or inexpensive, but distribution on this scale in rural villages and poor areas is a big, expensive job. Donations from foundations and wealthy countries helped fund the distribution in Egypt, and more of that same support is needed for campaigns in other countries.

We believe poor recent results and management changes are leading to internal rethinking of [Wal-Mart's] aggressive deflationary pricing strategies, which we believe will lead to better gross margins in 2004, while still reducing prices.