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Access to Generic HIV/AIDS Drugs Increasing Following Thailand's Decision To Issue Compulsory Licenses, Health Official Says
Access to some antiretroviral drugs is increasing in Thailand because of the country's decision to issue compulsory licenses for certain medications, Winai Sawasdiworn, deputy secretary-general of the National Health Security Office, said recently, t....
Kenya Launches Campaign To Increase TB Screening Among HIV-Positive People
The Kenyan government on Tuesday launched a 60 million shilling -- or about $975,000 -- campaign to increase the number of HIV-positive people who are screened for tuberculosis at public hospitals, Kenya's
HIV Prevention Funding in Africa Should Be Shifted To Promote Male Circumcision, Partner Reduction Programs, Study Says
Current HIV prevention strategies have had limited success in fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa and should be shifted to promote male circumcision and partner reduction programs, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science,
AFRICA: From Kerosene to the LED, O-HUB and O-BOX
Stephen Leahy
ACCRA, May 8 (IPS) - In many of Africa's towns and villages, smoky kerosene lamps are all that keeps the darkness at bay after sunset. However, kerosene is a dangerous and increasingly expensive source of light for Africans who do no....
KENYA: WFP official killed in Lokichoggio
NAIROBI, 9 May 2008 (IRIN) - Unidentified gunmen killed an official of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Kenya's northwestern town of Lokichoggio on 7 May, in what the agency has described as the first killing of a WFP aid worker in the relief hub....
BURKINA FASO: Fresh approach to street children
OUAGADOUGOU, 8 May 2008 (IRIN) - With an increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas in Burkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisations are coming up with new approaches to address the problem.
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