July 2002

Special Coverage: XIV International Conference on AIDS. Barcelona, Spain, 7 - 12 July 2002

Putting HIV On the Political Agenda In Nigeria
In Nigeria, as we approach 2003 and fresh elections into all levels of political office, the time is ripe to begin to put HIV on the political agenda. Nigeria currently has one of the fastest growing epidemics in West Africa, based on recently released statistics.

HIV/AIDS In Africa 2002 - Update
Sub Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS. 2.2 million people died of AIDS in 2001. By the end of 2001 more than 28.5 million people were living with HIV/AIDS.

Funding the fight against AIDS
Alonside the fight to save millions of people from AIDS, the struggles to ensure adequate funding for the fight against the epidemic goes on.

Empilisweni - The Healing Place
Medilinks had the opportunity to interview the prominet African Physician Dr Elizabth Musaba-Mphele the founder of the award winning Center for AIDS Prevention, Kings William's Town , Eastern Cape Province South Africa

The poor are too poor to live
We are in the midst of a global health crisis with Africa at its epicentre. Yet we have the technology, the money, the knowledge and experience to address thises problems. So why are millions of people still dying? Simple, it is because the poor are too poor to stay alive said Jeffrey Sachs at the High Level Segment of UN Economic and Social Council

HIV/AIDS Stastics 2002
The latest HIV/AIDS data and other statistics on Medilinks

June 2002

African Sleeping Sickness is Back
The deadly disease Sleeping Sickness transmitted by the infamous tsetse fly is once again re-emerging in Sub Saharan Africa to threaten the lives of millions.

Malaria
Malaria is the world's most important tropical disease. It kills 3 million people a year, 800,000 children in Africa alone. Read more facts and figures about the disease.

War and epidemics II
War has long been associated with disease and epidemics. Conflicts in Africa have killed millions and brought suffering to millions more

The Global Child/ The African Child
The United Nations is holding a Special session on Children. Who is the Global Child?

War and epidemics
War has long been associated with disease and epidemics. Conflicts in Africa have killed millions and brought suffering to millions more

African Health Problems, African Solutions
An article in the BMJ states that Africa with sufficient will and commitment Africa can successfully address its own health problems

Effects of the Environment may lead to disease outbreaks
Effects on the environment are increasingly leading to the emergence of new diseases. Destruction of forests and habitation by man of previously remote animal and insect area is exposing people to new diseases.

Hope for River Blindness
A breakthrough in new research into Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) has brought New Hope to millions of sufferers of the debilitating disease

Research

Management of halitosis/oral malodor in primary care
Halitosis or oral malodor is a common problem in daily practice that is a cause of significant personal and social distress not only to the sufferers but also people around them

Opinion
Opinion - Senegal for the World Cup!
Anyone who has any remote interest in football knows that the world cup is taking place in Korea and Japan in June 2002. Those following the world cup will also know the only Africa representative left in the world cup is Senegal.

Expanding Africa's health Services

Losing our educators

Health Statistics
Find out more about the state of African health.