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Dangerous Sexual Relations Cause AIDS Wave in Iran 1 Dec 2008 16:31 GMT
... than 25mln have died from the virus. According to the latest reports of the World Health Organization, 24,500,000 people live with AIDS in southern Africa, 7,600,000 - in Asia, and 5,700,000 - in India. According to the latest reports ...
South African Clinic Helps AIDS Patients Have Healthy Babies 1 Dec 2008 15:30 GMT
... CAPE TOWN, South Africa - In a sign of hope on ... interest and funding. In dirt-poor Malawi and Lesotho, less than 5 percent of pregnant women ... from 8 percent to 29 percent. In Botswana, which has one of the highest AIDS ...
Tsvangirai seeks help for Zimbabwe crisis 1 Dec 2008 15:28 GMT
... HARARE - Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged the world ... Britain in 1980, has ruined one of Africa’s most promising economies through reckless policies and ... it would defy the ruling of a Southern African Development Community tribunal that the land ...
Tsvangirai seeks help for Zimbabwe 1 Dec 2008 14:53 GMT
... HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged the world ... has reached catastrophic levels," he added. The World Health Organization has put the cholera death toll at ... Britain in 1980, has ruined one of Africa's most promising economies through reckless policies and ...
The kindest cut: How circumcision is the secret weapon in the battle against HIV/Aids 1 Dec 2008 14:14 GMT
... circumcision at the New Start clinic In Zambia, an experiment in the battle with HIV/Aids is producing staggering results. ... sweeping Lusaka and other towns across sub-Saharan Africa, as word spreads of its remarkable preventive ... unethical to continue. In March 2007, the World Health Organisation and UNAids gave their official backing to ...

HIV testing for mothers and children must expand, UN report shows 1 Dec 2008 13:04 GMT
... women in the high prevalence countries of southern Africa are still not being offered an HIV ... making the drug available (83% coverage in Botswana, 63% coverage in Ukraine. Antiretrovirals are reaching ...
The kindest cut 1 Dec 2008 13:00 GMT
... sweeping Lusaka and other towns across sub-Saharan Africa, as word spreads of its remarkable preventive power. After ... he says. Neighbouring governments, members of the Southern African Development Community, have been unable to ... resources to put them into practice. Only Botswana, smaller and wealthier than Zambia and with ...
Smoking: A wisp of public-spiritedness 1 Dec 2008 11:51 GMT
... countries after a week’s deliberation in South Africa which concluded on November 22nd. In a ... and water down the efforts of the World Health Organisation to combat the scourge of tobacco. (It ... actually serve to publicise their brands. In Zambia, for example, British American Tobacco (BAT), the second-largest player in ...
Hope in fight against HIV/Aids 1 Dec 2008 09:14 GMT
... Cape Fertility Clinic is the first in Africa to open a laboratory for HIV-positive patients, ... interest and funding. In dirt-poor Malawi and Lesotho, less than five percent of pregnant women ... increase from eight percent to 29%. In Botswana, which has one of the highest Aids ...
Prognosis looking better but AIDS reality remains grim 1 Dec 2008 07:14 GMT
... in the cabinet reshuffle that followed the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) recall of her master and protector, ... prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. The World Health Organisation and agencies in the US and Europe ...
South African Markets - Factors to watch on Dec 1 1 Dec 2008 06:30 GMT
... moves and political events may affect South African markets on Monday. - - - - GLOBAL ... system. For a story, double click on ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's health minister has warned that a ... Organisation (WHO) says the epidemic sweeping the southern African state is only the tip of ...
Cholera epidemic may spread with rain 1 Dec 2008 05:30 GMT
... HARARE: Zimbabwe's health minister has warned that a cholera ... Organisation (WHO) says the epidemic sweeping the southern African state is only the tip of a major health ...
New hope on AIDS in Africa 1 Dec 2008 04:50 GMT
... CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - In a sign of hope ... interest and funding. In dirt-poor Malawi and Lesotho, less than 5 percent of pregnant women ... from 8 percent to 29 percent. In Botswana, which has one of the highest AIDS ...
--> UNICEF Canada: Early HIV Testing and Treatment Can Save Newborn Lives 1 Dec 2008 03:32 GMT
... by HIV and AIDS, such as Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia, is being scaled up. ... In several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana and South Africa, many infants are now ...
UNICEF Canada: Early HIV Testing and Treatment Can Save Newborn Lives 1 Dec 2008 03:30 GMT
... by HIV and AIDS, such as Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia, is being scaled up. ... In several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana and South Africa, many infants are now ...

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