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AFRICA: Slum Survivors

AFRICA: Slum Survivors

africa » kenya » nairobi
IRIN
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Worldwide, more than a billion people live in slums, with as many as one million in Kibera, Africa’s largest such settlement, in the Kenyan capital...
editors, choice, slums, ghetto, poverty, children
Africa: Farmers need a financi...

Africa: Farmers need a financial umbrella says World Bank

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Helping small-scale farmers in Africa cope with risks such as natural disasters, extreme weather events and price fluctuations should be a priority,...
editors, choice, agriculture, farmers, world bank, natural disaster
SOUTH AFRICA: Sugar Daddies fi...

SOUTH AFRICA: Sugar Daddies find plenty of sweet teeth

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Friday, October 26, 2007
It is 10 o'clock on a Friday night in Soweto, Johannesburg's most famous township, but it's still early for The Rock, a nightclub popular with the...
editors, choice, suger daddies, girls, women, wealth, gifts, victims, hiv, aids, risks
LIBERIA: Leprosy losing its st...

LIBERIA: Leprosy losing its stigma

africa » liberia » kokoyah
IRIN
Thursday, October 25, 2007
In Liberia leprosy has long been seen as a disease caused by mystical powers and one that cannot be cured by modern medicine. Health workers and...
editors, choice, health, leprosy, stigma, medicine, workers, treatment
NAMIBIA: HIV/AIDS dulls shine ...

NAMIBIA: HIV/AIDS dulls shine of good development scores

africa » namibia
IRIN
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
A sharp drop in life expectancy, with HIV/AIDS the primary driver, has sent Namibia's human development indicators plummeting; gains in other areas...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, development, poverty, epidemic, health
SOUTH AFRICA: When microbicide...

SOUTH AFRICA: When microbicide trials go wrong - Part 2

africa » south africa » durban
PlusNews
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
It's an overcast Thursday morning in the port city of Durban, on South Africa's east coast, and some of the former participants in a microbicide...
editors, choice, microbicide, trails, research, health, hiv, infection, sex, gel
BURUNDI-RWANDA: Omar Sabimana:...

BURUNDI-RWANDA: Omar Sabimana: "We are like prisoners in this camp"

africa » burundi » bujumbura
IRIN
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Omar Sabimana, 25, a Rwandan refugee in Burundi, was transferred to Giharo in the southeastern province of Rutana in 2006. He finds camp life...
editors, choice, camp, refugees, prisoners, jobs, genocide, justice
SWAZILAND: Rural clinic gives ...

SWAZILAND: Rural clinic gives AIDS patients a lifeline

africa » swaziland
PlusNews
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thab'sile Nkambule, 29, struggles with her breathing and endures crippling headaches, chronic diarrhoea and weakness that make carrying water from...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, patients, clinic, healthcare
ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive pastor ...

ZIMBABWE: HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Rev Maxwell Kapachawo is the only known pastor in Zimbabwe who publicly admits to being HIV-positive; he is also encouraging any of his peers...
editors, choice, hiv, aids, positive, disease, pulpit
LIBERIA: Post-conflict dilemma...

LIBERIA: Post-conflict dilemma – should health care be free?

africa » liberia » monrovia
IRIN
Thursday, October 18, 2007
It is 7 am in New Kru Town in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, and Redemption Hospital does not open for another hour. But a long line is already...
editors, choice, conflict, dilemma, health, care, treatment, insurance
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