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November
2002
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 Antiretroviral
drugs in 2002 - Less than 30,000 people (0.1%) of the 28.5
million infected Africans were estimated to have received antiretroviral
therapy in 2002, despite even further drops of prices in
the last 18 months.
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View webcasts of recent events that addressed the issue of
global HIV/AIDS provided by kaisernetwork.org, a free
service of the Kaiser Family Foundation
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 Developing
water and sanitation in Africa.
At
the beginning of the 21st Century, Africa is facing
a water and sanitation crisis. Development cannot keep up
with population growth, systems are not sustained and coverage
is declining.
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 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
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October
2002
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 AIDS,
Orphans, Poverty One
of the most devastating effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is
the breakup of families, the creation of millions of orphans
and the disintegration of social cohesion. By the end of 2000,
over 12.1 million African children had lost either their mother
or both parents to AIDS. This figure is set to double over
the next two decade
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| August
2002 |
 The
Irony ofSuccess It is ironic that Uganda a country that
has successfully struggled with HIV/AIDS with little or no help,
should now find that success being questioned in an article
in the Lancet.
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Deadly Embrace: Famine and AIDS in Southern Africa It
seems that the four horsemen of the apocalypse Death, War,
Pestilence (disease) and Famine have come to visit Southern
Africa.Millions
of people are experiencing starvation or the threat of famine
in Southern Africa following poor harvests across the region
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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.
RockStar's
spotlight on aid
The Bono, O'Neil, Tucker show rolled into Africa to see whet
effect foreign aid is having on diseases like AIDS in Africa.
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?
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or comments from African individuals or organisations.
If you are interested in the betterment of healthcare
delivery, the enhancement of information exchange and
promotion of public health in Africa please contact us.
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