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KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods By Mary Kiio NAIROBI - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid. MORE >>
KENYA: State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life By Suleiman Mbatiah NAIROBI - Kenya’s Constitutional Court heard on Mar. 18 from counsel representing the government that the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 does not threaten the importation or manufacturing of cheap generic medicines and therefore does not deny Kenyans their constitutional right to life. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA: Stopping the Polio Virus By Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners hope to eliminate the circulation of the polio virus in West Africa as soon as June by launching the first round of national synchronised immunisation days against the debilitating disease. MORE >>
NAMIBIA: "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It" By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - "At home we have a bar," says grade seven learner David Bravo* (14). "When my mother puts on the music I cannot concentrate on (my) schoolwork anymore. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I just sit there and watch the people." MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Her swollen feet are a constant reminder to Sanele Matsebula that she needs to take her medication. MORE >>
AFRICA: Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says By Mohammed A. Salih WASHINGTON - Poverty is on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and various forms of corruption threaten to undermine the impact of investments made to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the continent, said the World Bank in a report released Monday on Africa's development. MORE >>
MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - Margaret Atieno, a 38-year-old mother of six, says she wanted to avoid her last pregnancy. But consistent stock-outs of contraceptive devices at her health care centre in rural Siaya, western Kenya, gave her no choice but to fall pregnant once again, albeit the fact that she did not want another child. MORE >>
HEALTH-UGANDA: EU Supports Law Threatening Access to Medicines By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - The European Union (EU) is funding the drafting of Uganda’s controversial Counterfeit Goods Bill, a proposed law that has caused an outcry as it threatens access to life-saving generic medicines in this low income East African country. Some 90 percent of medicines used in Uganda’s health-care system are imported, of which about 93 percent are generics. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in eastern Uganda. MORE >>
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: More Funds Needed for HIV Prevention and Treatment By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - Decreasing or levelling HIV funding will destabilise developing countries’ health systems, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) warned. They demand that governments worldwide own up to their promise of achieving universal access to HIV treatment. MORE >>
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AMREF - African Medical and Research Foundation
Africare
AEGIS - Aids Education Global Information System
Global Health Information Network
The African Centre for Health and Population Studies
Health Aids Action Campaign
PlusNews is an HIV/AIDS news service produced by the UN's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
