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Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?


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afrol News, 15 March - Scientists have found a special protein in the banana that could help women prevent being infected by HIV during sexual intercourse. They hope this may open the door to new and cheaper treatments to prevent the spread of AIDS.

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Drumstick tree can provide Africa with clean water

afrol News, 5 March - Moringa oleifera, also known as the drumstick tree, could be the almost cost free solution to provide millions of Africans with clean water. A simple technique can make its seeds into an effective water purification remedy.

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Study reveals sub-standard malaria medicines in Africa

afrol News, 8 February - The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries have revealed that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality and thus may contribute to the growth of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent form of malaria.

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Scientific database to help fight Malaria

afrol News, 22 January - The envoy leading United Nations efforts against malaria has praised one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies for its plan to open up its database to scientists in hopes of promoting research to help combat the deadly disease.

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afrol News, 19 January - Researchers have found the parasite which causes malignant malaria in humans from the faeces of the wild gorillas in Cameroon and blood from a captive gorilla in Gabon.

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