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"Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"

afrol News, 6 November - Over 50 Ugandan and international organisations are warning government that the "repressive" HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, soon to be voted on in the Kampala parliament, could destroy Uganda's earlier successes in fighting back the pandemic.

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Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children against Pneumonia

afrol News, 30 October - To mark the first international World Pneumonia Day on 2 November, the GAVI Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children in poor countries against pneumonia, the world’s leading child killer.

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HIV risk remains high in Sub-Saharan Africa, new report

afrol News, 26 October - A new comparative report has found persistent high levels of sexual risk-taking, low levels of condom use, and inadequate coverage of voluntary counseling and testing in sub-Saharan Africa.

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African swine fever spreading in Russia

afrol News, 22 October - The devastating pig disease known as African swine fever (ASF) has now been found in northwest Russia, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reported today.

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$1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines

afrol News, 21 October - Reversing a downward trend, immunisation rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank.

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» 20.10.2009 - Africa to accelerate efforts to achieve development goals
» 14.10.2009 - UN calls for renewed efforts to save millions of children from diarrhoea
» 13.10.2009 - UN marks 15th anniversary of the Cairo development conference
» 13.10.2009 - Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
» 09.10.2009 - African music awards to boost war against AIDS
» 08.10.2009 - Uganda set new sights to reach safe water targets
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 01.10.2009 - Zim health workers afforded mobility with UN bikes
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 24.09.2009 - Diageo commits more funding to West Africa's access to clean water
» 23.09.2009 - Report calls for HIV-sensitive laws and policing to combat AIDS
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 17.09.2009 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
» 15.09.2009 - Second US-Egypt clinical study blocked
» 11.09.2009 - Global child mortality figures dropping
» 10.09.2009 - Circumcision cost-effective means to prevent HIV - UN report
» 04.09.2009 - Forum promises new action on women’s health and rights
» 02.09.2009 - Global women’s forum make claim on economic stimulus funds
» 01.09.2009 - UK funded malaria campaign launched in Nigeria
» 28.08.2009 - Universal access to Malaria will be met, UN Envoy
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 18.08.2009 - New report offers solutions to water and sanitation service delivery
» 17.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire wraps up polio immunisation campaign
» 17.08.2009 - New consortium to develop drugs for neglected tropical diseases
» 12.08.2009 - World population data sheet shows more growth in Africa and Asia
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 10.08.2009 - Indigenous community must be celebrated with honour, Ban
» 03.08.2009 - WHO stresses breatfeeding in emergencies
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 30.07.2009 - Forum discusses role of infrastructure to health care
» 30.07.2009 - Angola gets UN support to boost access to water
» 21.07.2009 - Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
» 26.05.2009 - Agencies call for funds to replenish yellow fever vaccine supplies
» 19.05.2009 - Global health advocates call for African voices against Obama's budget cut
» 18.05.2009 - Nigeria plans to reverse malaria cases by 2010
» 18.05.2009 - Angola’s cholera decreased despite floods – Minister
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - Increasing Diarrheal related child mortality a global scandal, rights organisations
» 12.05.2009 - Global agencies call for more investment in life-saving vitamins and minerals
» 04.05.2009 - Got you swine...!
» 30.04.2009 - SADC issues regional warning for travelers amidst swine flu outbreak
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 28.04.2009 - Rwanda issues alert for swine flu
» 24.04.2009 - Fight against malaria needs community participation
» 24.04.2009 - WHO calls for robust intervention in the malaria fight
» 22.04.2009 - Malaria still main cause of deaths in Gambia
» 16.04.2009 - Vaccine drop to give São Tomé tourism boost
» 09.04.2009 - IFRC launches $2.1 million appeal for polio eradication
» 09.04.2009 - Libya files law suit, demands compensation over arrest
» 08.04.2009 - Lesotho ready to roll out social cash grants
» 27.03.2009 - EAC adopts plan for bird flu response
» 24.03.2009 - Africa must properly implement TB strategies - WHO
» 19.02.2009 - Angola vaccinates animals as rabies takes toll
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 23.01.2009 - Uganda bans social gatherings as meningitis toll rises
» 07.01.2009 - Children's advocacy organisation gets a boost
» 06.01.2009 - Doctors strike in Lagos leaves patients stranded
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 11.12.2008 - "SA has cholera, Mugabe not"
» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 04.12.2008 - UK sets tough new targets for UN Africa programmes
» 04.12.2008 - Mozambique fears spreading cholera epidemic
» 01.12.2008 - Milk products in Tanzania declared safe
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 13.11.2008 - "Most Uganda child deaths easily preventable"
» 11.11.2008 - Uganda steps up anti-smoking campaign
» 07.11.2008 - Swaziland promotes male circumcision
» 03.11.2008 - Zimbabwe accused of misuse of Global Fund money
» 30.10.2008 - MSF pulls out of Niger
» 29.10.2008 - Investment in human lives essential amid financial crisis
» 24.10.2008 - SA recalls White Rabbit sweets
» 23.10.2008 - Namibians stand up to AIDS challenge
» 20.10.2008 - Nigeria strengthens its health systems
» 16.10.2008 - Nigeria has hope of eradicating polio
» 14.10.2008 - Campaign to end Fistula upsized
» 13.10.2008 - IDF calls for global action to keep diabetic children alive
» 10.10.2008 - Africa’s response to emergencies to be boosted
» 06.10.2008 - BHGI and Ghana combat breast cancer together
» 30.09.2008 - MSF calls for free malaria treatment for greater results
» 23.09.2008 - More focused work needed to meet MDGs in poor nations
» 10.09.2008 - AIDS experts urged to focus on studies fighting epidemic
» 28.08.2008 - Botswana faces imported TB calamity
» 26.08.2008 - AIDS deaths drop by 75 percent in Malawi
» 13.08.2008 - Uganda launches mass campaign to fight AIDS infection
» 04.08.2008 - Rights and opportunity critical for people living longer with HIV
» 22.07.2008 - Massive AIDS projects threaten African health
» 16.07.2008 - Rwanda starts male circumcision program in the army
» 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study
» 09.06.2008 - Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
» 09.06.2008 - Tanzania controls HIV/AIDS
» 04.06.2008 - Malawi successfully reducing HIV rate
» 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs
» 14.02.2008 - Niger measles fluctuates
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