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Society | Human rights | Health
Over 800, 000 children targeted for immunisation in CAR

afrol News - The UN Children's Fund is targeting over 800, 000 children for vaccination against malaria, measles and diarrhoea in its massive campaign to address leading causes of death among children in the Central African Republic.

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Africa | World
Society | Human rights | Economy - Development | Health | Politics
Children's advocacy organisation gets a boost

afrol News - Global Action for Children has today received half a million dollars grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assist African governments to meet 15 percent commitment of the national budget to health.

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Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?

afrol News - A growing number of researchers question the "official" inflated numbers of HIV/AIDS prevalence in African countries such as Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho. Poor testing, a special diagnosis of AIDS in Africa and erroneous computer-generated estimates by the UN had led to "misleading" numbers, they hold. The history of AIDS in Uganda serves as proof.

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Gender - Women | Health
Abuse of women escalates HIV infections in Africa

afrol News - Violations of women's rights escalates the rate of HIV infections throughout the continent. Sexual oppression combined with a high biological receptiveness of viral transmission, put women at risk. As a consequence, the violence against women threatens to destroy whole communities.

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