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GENDER-AFRICA: Some Progress Amidst Continuing Challenges By Madi Ceesay BANJUL - The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to economic resources and decision-making power. MORE >>
AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning By Susan Anyangu KAMPALA - The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information. MORE >>
Q&A: Recognise the Benefits of Slowing Population Growth Susan Anyangu interviews STAN BERNSTEIN, senior policy advisor UNFPA KAMPALA - Family planning: key to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health; a way to put less strain on the environment; and a smaller population makes the challenge of providing adequate education and health services that little bit easier. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes By Julio Godoy BERLIN - Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say. MORE >>
HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO - As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top. MORE >>
DR CONGO: Urban Water Supply Needs Attention By Emmanuel Chaco KINSHASA - Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Régie de distribution des eaux (REGIDESO) produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water. MORE >>
HEALTH-SWAZILAND: On ART Since Birth By Mantoe Phakathi NHLANGANO, Swaziland - Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV-positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). MORE >>
AFRICA: Water Summit Ends By Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - As the Second Africa Water Week ends, participants have reiterated that lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation has a direct bearing on public health and the economy in Africa. MORE >>
WATER-AFRICA: Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words By Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - "No more commitments... We have had enough of the promises. Can we please see something happening on the ground? Right now, it is business as usual and that’s why Africa is off-track on the MDG target." MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Help Sex Workers - Senator By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - It is one of the world's oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet's nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution. MORE >>
AFRICA: Taking the Lead on Water By Zenzele Ndebele and Nasseem Ackbarally MIDRAND, South Africa - Water is a resource that binds people together, for better or worse. MORE >>
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Africare
AEGIS - Aids Education Global Information System
Global Health Information Network
The African Centre for Health and Population Studies
Health Aids Action Campaign
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