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- UN: African women vulnerable to HIV 25 Nov 2009 00:46 GMT
... still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67 percent of global infections, ... African countries appear to be stabilising, with Burundi and Kenya showing a decline in infection rates. ... of the 1.1 million afflicted by the disease. Swaziland's HIV treatment is not easily available ...
- Africa leads global HIV infections 25 Nov 2009 08:46 GMT
... still has the world's highest number of HIV cases, accounting for 67% of global infections, a ... African countries appear to be stabilising, with Burundi and Kenya showing a decline in infection rates. ... of the 1.1 million afflicted by the disease. Swaziland's HIV treatment is not easily available ...
- AIDS deaths top 25 million but infections slow 25 Nov 2009 05:33 GMT
... but infections slow Sub-Saharan Africa leads global HIV infections: UNAIDS Sub-Saharan Africa still has the ... African countries appear to be stabilising, with Burundi and Kenya showing a decline in infection ... Margaret Chan, head of the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO). Sidibe pointed to problems in combatting ...
- Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms, U.N. Finds 25 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
... died from gunshot wounds or easily preventable diseases since the war broke out in the ... mountainsides of Congo, formerly Zaire, to Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, and eventually to markets in ...
- Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms, U.N. Finds (Today) 25 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
... died from gunshot wounds or easily preventable diseases since the war broke out in the ... mountainsides of Congo, formerly Zaire, to Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, and eventually to markets in ...
- About Palestine: an Open letter to Barack Obama 25 Nov 2009 11:34 GMT
... in the same nation-building exercise, education and health should be organized by the new UN ... rule over the majority in Rwanda and Burundi, all that because it was «technically practical». ...
- What Is the African Union? 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
... some of African countries are suffering from diseases like AIDS, the union is also seeking ... to eradicate preventable diseases and promote good health on the continent. In a bid for ... are: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad ...
- Albino girl was killed for parts 24 Nov 2009 01:25 GMT
... have now spread to neighbouring Congo and Burundi, where at least 12 victims have been ... albinos suffer abnormally high rates of skin cancer and have ultra-sensitive eyes. This leaves them ...
- Don't Throw Away the Gem in Immigrants [opinion] 24 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
... By foreigners they usually mean Rwandans and Burundians and wealthy Kenyans. Their government is not ... the Nobel prize in such fields as medicine, physics, chemistry and economics have many immigrants ...
- Kili Stars Get Psychological Boost 24 Nov 2009 14:14 GMT
... side are in group C alongside Zanzibar, Burundi and defending champions Uganda. Shaabani Dihile and ... hotel), technical staff, coaches salaries and players' medical bills. ...
- One-Quarter of World's Population Lacks Electricity 24 Nov 2009 23:30 GMT
... more efficient and less detrimental to human health is a prerequisite for raising billions out ... without electricity. In six of these -- Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Liberia, Rwanda and ...
- AfDB Approves Funding for Burundi-Rwanda-Tanzania Railway Project Study 20 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... transport (road, rail and rail-road and lake-rail combination) on the corridors to Rwanda and Burundi; The third component comprises environmental and social impact of the future railway project (impact ...
- Lake Victoria Project to Cover Rwanda, Burundi 20 Nov 2009 11:37 GMT
... Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda. Its second phase, initially confined to Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya because they ...
- Lake Project Also to Cover Burundi, Rwanda 19 Nov 2009 16:41 GMT
... Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda. Its second phase, initially confined to Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya because they ...
- VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives President of Burundi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh: reaffirming the importance of dialogue and respect for human rights, in addition to the Church's contribut 20 Nov 2009 12:50 GMT
... VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives President of Burundi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh: reaffirming the ... Nation of Burundi, in the spiritual, educational, health and socio-humanitarian fields. To such an end, ...
- Sub-Saharan Africa News in brief: 4'18 November 2009 19 Nov 2009 18:35 GMT
... Kenyan healers must be incorporated into national health systemsFlickr/daveblume Below is a round up of ... of epilepsy, say researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute and the UK-based Wellcome Trust. ... Agriculture on coffee and banana production in Burundi , the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, ...
- Women's rights: Looking back or moving forward? 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... not limited to, bills on criminalisation of HIV, indecent dressing laws and anti-homosexuality bills. These ... integrity, freedom from discrimination, the right to health, the right to equal protection before the law, ... (32.8 per cent), Tanzania (30.4 per cent), Burundi (30.5 per cent), Uganda (29.8 per cent), ...
- Spotlight on Beijing +15 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... in each of EASSI’s member states of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and ... and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health rights - Adoption of gender responsive budgeting as ... respond to climate change. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HIV-prevention programmes are also now more aware of ...
- Spotlight on Beijing +15 [analysis] 19 Nov 2009 22:10 GMT
... in each of EASSI's member states of Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and ... and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health rights - Adoption of gender responsive budgeting as ... vulnerable people to respond to climate change. HIV-prevention programmes are also now more aware of ...
- Climate action should boost energy access for poor: UN 23 Nov 2009 21:17 GMT
... the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and World Health Organization (WHO). It notes that 80 percent ... sub-Saharan . The figure is highest in Burundi, Chad and Liberia, where 97 percent have ... people each year from pneumonia, chronic lung disease and lung Takada told AFP it would ...
- Witchcraft murderers leave East African albinos living in fear 19 Nov 2009 15:35 GMT
... witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have left the albino populations of both ... condition comes with a host of attendant health factors, poor eyesight and susceptibility to skin cancer among them. Many albinos living in poverty ...
- If words were food, nobody would go hungry 19 Nov 2009 16:18 GMT
... by building silos in villages: Burkina Faso, Burundi and Gambia are doing this. It all ... new varieties of seeds or drought- and disease-resistant plants (see for a case study of ...
- Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade 19 Nov 2009 16:33 GMT
... by building silos in villages: Burkina Faso, Burundi and Gambia are doing this. It all ... new varieties of seeds or drought- and disease-resistant plants (see for a case study of ...
- Witchcraft killings shock albinos here 19 Nov 2009 22:44 GMT
... witchcraft-related murders of albinos in Tanzania and Burundi have left the albino populations of both ... condition comes with a host of attendant health factors, poor eyesight and susceptibility to skin cancer among them. Many albinos living in poverty ...
- Winners of the Guardian Development Journalism Competition and the inaugural Guardian Achievements in International Development Award announced 20 Nov 2009 16:27 GMT
... maternal mortality in Nepal, deforestation in Tanzania, HIV in Lesotho and the plight of girl soldiers ... HIV/Aids in the small town of Ruyigi, Burundi. Barankitse began adopting orphaned children in her ...
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