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Gambian children live up to reputation - UNICEF report reveals

Friday, January 04, 2008

Children in The Gambia on December 9th, 2007 took over the airwaves of The Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) and the Brikama Community...

AFRICA: Odds stacked against HIV-positive Muslim women

PlusNews

Friday, January 04, 2008

Over a five-year period, Indonesian Heldina Irayanti, 28, was in and out of drug rehabilitation clinics more times than she can remember. But there...

Top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2007 - Political and economic turmoil sparks health-care crisis in Zimbabwe

Médecins Sans Frontières

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Rampant unemployment, skyrocketing inflation, food shortages, and political instability continued to wrack Zimbabwe in 2007. Up to 3 million people...

MOZAMBIQUE: Orphans deprived of their inheritance

IRIN

Friday, December 28, 2007

On a farm in the district of Bárue, in the central province of Manica, 16-year-old Helena Ivan hurries home with a small bundle on her head. After...

GUINEA-BISSAU: Testing without treatment – an island’s dilemma

IRIN

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Saico Djau is deeply frustrated. He is a laboratory technician and HIV counsellor at the Marcelino Banca hospital on Bubaque Island, the second...

GLOBAL: Imams wake up to HIV/AIDS

PlusNews

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

In her bright orange clothing, South African Riana Jacobs, 31, stands out from the crowd at the recent International Consultation on Islam and...

Global HIV prevalence has levelled off; AIDS is among the leading causes of death globally and remains the primary cause of death in Africa

UNAIDS

Monday, December 17, 2007

Improvements in surveillance increase understanding of the epidemic, resulting in substantial revisions to estimates New data show global...

ANGOLA: To tell or not to tell, that is the tricky question

PlusNews

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Maria Antónia* began to wonder about her husband's frequent trips to neighbouring South Africa, especially when he was away for 15 days without...

Brikama Hosts World Aids Day

The Point

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

World Aids Day is set aside to commemorate the day and to enlightening the world about the toll it is taken on the fabric of society and how to...

GLOBAL: Positive fatwas - using religious rulings in the AIDS struggle

PlusNews

Sunday, December 09, 2007

To most Westerners, a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, evokes the imposition of a death sentence on author Salman Rushdie and the wearing of head-to-toe...

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