KENYA By Mar 19 Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods - 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 By Mar 19 State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life - 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 By Mar 18 Stopping the Polio Virus - 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 >>
HEALTH-US By Mar 18 Maternal Deaths on the Rise - Despite the fact that the United States spends more on maternal health than any other country in the world, deaths in childbirth among U.S. women are on the rise and already surpass the morbidity rates in most developed countries. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT By Mar 18 Bad Water More Deadly Than War - Bad water kills more people than wars or earthquakes, declares Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). MORE >>
NAMIBIA By Mar 16 "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It" - "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 By Mar 16 Budget Cuts Ahead but More Money for Education and Health - Her swollen feet are a constant reminder to Sanele Matsebula that she needs to take her medication. MORE >>
AFRICA By Mar 16 Corruption Carries High Cost, World Bank Says - 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 By Mar 15 Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans - 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 By Mar 15 Rapid Population Growth Threatens Development - 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 >>
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