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HEALTH: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports. MORE >>
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand By Letuka Mahe MASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. MORE >>
MOZAMBIQUE: Quiet Progress Against HIV/AIDS By Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique - When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. This elderly nurse can reflect on numerous changes in the landscape and people around her. MORE >>
KENYA : Practical Measures Needed on Teen Sexual Education By Susan Anyangu MOMBASA - Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it. MORE >>
SOUTH AFRICA: GMOs - Strategic Priority in Whose Interest? By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN - The South African government is in the process of drafting regulations to police genetically modified organisms (GMO) as part of the national Consumer Protection Act, but environmental experts are worried the GMO section of the new Act, which was signed into law last April, will not be put into practice. MORE >>
HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS By Nalisha Kalideen JOHANNESBURG - Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive. MORE >>
UGANDA: Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations. MORE >>
WATER-MOZAMBIQUE: Remote Villages Out of Sight, Out of Mind? By Jessie Boylan MCONDECE, Mozambique - "This is where we get our water from," says a villager on the footpath leading out of Mcondece. Branches and other debris float on the surface of the sluggish, murky brown creek. MORE >>
KENYA: AIDS Prevention Amongst Drug Users a Challenge By Susan Anyangu MOMBASA - The United Nation Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) claims that Kenya has more drug users than any other East African country. UNODC estimates there are 100,000 cocaine users, 200,000 using opiates like heroin and four million who smoke cannabis. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Police Force HIV Tests for Sex Workers By Charles Mpaka LILONGWE - It was, Malawian police say, a routine sweep for criminals at one of the country’s busiest border posts. They were looking for criminals. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-NIGERIA: Bagging Beans Against Beetles By Salma Ahmad Kano KANO - Cowpeas are of vital importance to the diets and livelihood of millions of people in West and Central Africa. But the crop is notoriously difficult to store - beetles and other pests can destroy an entire granary full of cowpeas within 12 months. 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)
