Africa
Development | Diseases | Science
MDR-TB rapid tests available for poor countries
afrol News, 30 June - People with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) from poor income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, can now get a faster diagnosis according to a new initiatives unveiled today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Read more
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Africa
Affairs | HIV-AIDS | People
Africa alone reels with heterosexual AIDS epidemic
afrol News, 27 June - The head of the AIDS efforts at the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Kevin De Cock, has said the threat of a heterosexual AIDS pandemic is officially over and decades of predictions that the disease would spread through general populations across the globe were wrong except in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more
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Senegal
Affairs | Children | Outbreaks | People | Science
Lead intoxication causes Senegal deaths
afrol News, 23 June - A team of international medical experts has linked an "unexplained cluster of deaths" in Senegalese children from Thiaroye, a suburb of the capital Dakar, to the lead intoxication caused by contamination from the informal recycling of lead batteries. Read more
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Tanzania
Natural sciences | Outbreaks | Science | Wildlife
Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks
afrol News, 20 June - An increased death rate in vultures in Tanzania could be explained by the unlicensed sale of diclofenac for veterinary use in the East Africa region, causing fatal kidney failure in the birds. Vultures play an important ecological role as scavengers of carcasses and their loss put human health at risk as rats take over their role.
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Lesotho
Children | Development | HIV-AIDS
US$ 10 million for Lesotho's orphans
afrol News, 12 June - Lesotho is stepping-up its efforts in the fight against HIV and AIDS, making a huge turn-about and commitment of caring for the future – the country's children. US$ 10 million were made available today.
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World | Africa
HIV-AIDS
Africa lagging behind on universal access and treatment - UN
afrol News, 10 June - Unless the balance was made in closing the gap between available resources and actual need in the HIV prevention and treatment, sub-Saharan Africa could still remain the most affected region in the world. This is the warning of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, in a report to be presented to the General Assembly today. Read more
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Egypt
Children | Harmful practices | Health | Law | Oppression | Policy | Policy | Sexuality
Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
afrol News, 9 June - Egyptian parliamentarians at the weekend passed a legislation banning the age-old culture of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country. Under the enacted law, those found guilty of practising FGM could be jailed between three months and two years plus a fine of US$ 900.
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Tanzania
Affairs | Affairs | Development | Economy | HIV-AIDS | People | Policy
Tanzania controls HIV/AIDS
afrol News, 9 June - A sharp drop of Tanzania's HIV/AIDS infection rate from 7.0% in 2003 to 5.8% in 2007 means the East African country's battle against the global pandemic is paying dividends.
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Uganda
HIV-AIDS | Persecution
Ugandan gay activists arrested at HIV meeting
afrol News, 5 June - Three local homosexual activists were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting currently taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Human rights groups now fear for the safety of the three activists.
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Malawi
HIV-AIDS | Policy
Malawi successfully reducing HIV rate
afrol News / PlusNews, 4 June - Against all odds, HIV prevalence rates in Malawi have dropped significantly during the last few years, indicating the country can avoid the pandemic spread of AIDS experienced by other Southern African countries. Openness and public education are seen as the main reasons for success.
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Kenya
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Law | Medicine | People | Policy
Kenya combats fake drugs
afrol News, 30 May - Outraged by the findings of a recent survey that 30% of the country's imported medicines were fake, Kenyan authorities did not waste time to deploy secret service agents on the streets to remedy the situation. Read more
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Africa
Affairs | Children | Development | Health | People
UNICEF urges adequate health for African children
afrol News, 30 May - United Nations children agency, UNICEF, has launched its first State of Africa's Children 2008 report at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan, calling for large-scale, focused investments in improved health systems for sub-Saharan Africa in order to capitalize on recent achievements and help children with inadequate access to health care. Read more
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Egypt
HIV-AIDS | Persecution | Policy
Egypt court upholds HIV sentences
afrol News, 29 May - A Cairo appeals court has decided to uphold the sentences imposed on five men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS. A total of nine HIV positive men have been sentenced to prison so far, the courts seeing them as a threat to the public.
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Djibouti
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Crime | Harmful practices | Health | Law | Oppression | People | Poverty | Sexuality | Violence
Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
afrol News, 13 May - Djiboutian authorities have been asked to conquer poverty and ignorance if they want their country to "win the struggle against the age-old Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C). Read more
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