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If the cure for HIV was only a
CLEAN CUP OF WATER, we would still BE UNABLE TO FREE AFRICA FROM AIDS!
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Water & Sanitation
SOUTH AFRICA: Court ruling on water sets "global precedent"

  SUDAN: Water, water everywhere - but it's not fit to drink

  SOUTH AFRICA: Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion

 

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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. "If we....

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phantom aid
In 2003, real aid was only $27bn, or
just 0.1% of the donor countries’
combined national income. Aid donors fall far short of meeting the official international aid target of 0.7% of national income. ActionAid’s new ‘real 0.7% rankings’, presented in this report, show that when it comes to
‘real’ aid they are falling even further behind....more than 60% of aid flows are ‘phantom’; that is they do not represent a real resource transfer to the recipient.....
For the United States and France, two of the world’s largest aid donors, almost 90% of their contributions are phantom aid

In Brief

On the Brink: Guinea Worm - A Long Crusade - Dose of Tenacity Wears Down a Horrific Disease


Perspective: Why Africa cannot trade itself out of poverty


WHO makes progress in leprosy control, but challenges remain


WHO/AFRO plans to designate 2006 as “Year of Accelerated Prevention of HIV in Africa”.


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