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UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested. MORE >>
KENYA: Victory for Anti-Abortion Lobby By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - The threat by influential Christian leaders to mobilise a vote against Kenya's draft constitution if it does not explicitly prevent any expansion of abortion rights appears to have succeeded. MORE >>
HEALTH: Rotavirus Vaccine Making Headway in Africa By Marguerite A. Suozzi NEW YORK - New vaccination programmes against rotavirus are starting to have a positive impact, and could eventually prevent hundreds of thousands of child deaths a year, according to a new report. MORE >>
GHANA: Quietly Extending Options to Women By Elana Roth* ACCRA - Juliana Kweais has a small scar on her bottom lip, from the first time she witnessed an abortion. The sharp blow to her mouth was delivered by her grandmother, after the then-13-year-old Kweais had asked why her auntie had given "birth" to a bloody sack. MORE >>
Q&A: "Intellectual Property Rights Do Not Assure Quality" Christi van der Westhuizen and Wambi Michael interview SISULE MUSUNGU, intellectual property rights expert CAPE TOWN and KAMPALA - Kenya and Tanzania have recently passed anti-counterfeit laws and regulations that risk blocking legitimate generic medicines instead of fake products, which is the purported purpose of these laws. Uganda is now considering a similar bill. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies. And the ridicule and stigma Memory endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her education seem worthwhile. Especially since this ridicule comes from her teacher. MORE >>
KENYA: Clash Over Abortion Rights in New Constitution By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - A harmonised draft constitution has now been handed over to Kenya's Parliamentary Select Committee. Influential Christian leaders are warning that the question of abortion could derail the constitutional review process. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: HIV Stigma Persists By Kristin Palitza LOUWVILLE, South Africa - HIV-related stigma and discrimination remain a key concern in South Africa, despite the multitude of HIV awareness campaigns that have been launched by government and civil society organisations throughout the years, health experts say. MORE >>
FILM: Saving Lives Amid the Chaos of War By Kathryn Barry NEW YORK - The documentary "Living in Emergency" is as graphic as it is gripping, following doctors working in humanitarian crises as they face death, disease and despair in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MORE >>
KENYA: Mapping An African Slum By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - In early November, a group of explorers set out to map a blank space in Africa’s map. Twelve youths armed with global positioning system (GPS) devices made the rounds of the Nairobi slum of Kibera. MORE >>
TANZANIA: Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level By Jessie Boylan DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's electricity grid is fed by a mixture of natural gas, diesel and hydropower; however, over the past few years the country has experienced severe blackouts and power rationing in urban areas due to drought and subsequent low-water levels. 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
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