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COTE D'IVOIRE: Rural areas neg...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Rural areas neglected by AIDS response

africa » ivory coast » abidjan
IRIN
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Rural areas in Côte d'Ivoire seem to have fallen off the map in HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, and although the HIV prevalence rates are still lower...
editors, choice, health, hiv, aids, disease, rate, experts, fear, conference, fight, civil war, rebel, population, ignorance, migration, virus, agricultural, production
KENYA: Slow response to high H...

KENYA: Slow response to high HIV rates in prisons

africa » kenya » nairobi
PlusNews
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The problem of HIV in Kenya's prisons - where prevalence is about twice the national average - will remain unsolved as long as homosexuality is...
editors, choice, health, hiv, aids, prisons, homosexuality, illigal, sex, condom, government, jail, court, transmission, disease, tuberculosis, policy, prevention, treatment
SOUTH AFRICA:

SOUTH AFRICA: "I'm in danger" - public responds to condom scandal

africa » south africa » johannesburg
PlusNews
Monday, September 03, 2007
The recall of 20 million condoms by the South African Health Department due to safety concerns has dealt a blow to the country's prevention...
regional, condoms, danger, health, disease, hiv, aids, corruption, scandal, government, danger
MALI: Child marriage a neglect...

MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem

africa » mali » korera kore
IRIN
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Two years ago, in the western Malian village of Korera-Kore, a 13-year-old girl was forced into marriage during her school summer holiday. She died...
editors, choice, child, marriage, girl, wedding, forced, sexuality, pregnancy, fistula, hiv, aids, maternal, mortality
NIGERIA: College slammed for H...

NIGERIA: College slammed for HIV testing

africa » nigeria » lagos
PlusNews
Saturday, September 01, 2007
A private Christian university in Nigeria has come under fire from activists and health officials over its policy of compelling students to undergo...
regional, hiv, aids, test, health, univeristy, college, student, pregnancy, forced, suspension, expulsion, behaviour, campus, restrictions, discrimination, stigma
NSGA gives training to 150 PHE...

NSGA gives training to 150 PHEs, TCs and others

africa
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Friday, August 31, 2007
The Nova Scotia-Gambia Association (NSGA) on Wednesday completed a three-week intensive summer school training on communication skills, reproductive...
events, nsga, training, phe, communitation, skills, reproductive health, hiv, aids, sti, malaria, diabetes, participants, workshop, youths, summer, school, education, learning, ceremony, sex, sexuality, abuse, drugs, smoking, puberty
ZIMBABWE: Disability is much m...

ZIMBABWE: Disability is much more than a physical constraint

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Friday, August 31, 2007
The disabled are becoming increasingly marginalised, with the state and civil society neglecting their basic needs, says The forgotten tribe, people...
editors, choice, physical, tribe, people, civil, society, development, agency, handicapped, family, sexual, abuse, disability, cultural, beliefs, economic, relatives, virgins, sex, rape, children, adults, hiv, aids
GAF fetes 245 Senegalese, othe...

GAF fetes 245 Senegalese, others on summer holiday camp

africa » gambia
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Monday, August 27, 2007
The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) is currently hosting 245 Senegalese, 43 Gambian children and 16 guides in a month ‘Colonie De Vaccanes’ (summer holiday...
events, gfa, summer, hoilday, camp, hotel, general, life, hiv, aids, interaction, tolerance, artwork, discipline, activities
LIBERIA: HIV rates lower than ...

LIBERIA: HIV rates lower than feared

africa » liberia » monrovia
IRIN
Monday, August 27, 2007
Reliable statistics on HIV/AIDS have been hard to come by in Liberia, slowly recovering from years of conflict, but two recently released surveys...
regional, hiv, aids, statistics, conflict, health, people, civil war, government, results, sex, infections, test
GLOBAL: Microbes don’t know ge...

GLOBAL: Microbes don’t know geography - WHO report

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Monday, August 27, 2007
Regardless of capability or wealth, no country is immune to the increasing risk of disease outbreaks, epidemics, industrial accidents and other...
editors, choice, wealth, microbes, geography, who, disease, epidemics, global, health, hiv, aids, conflict
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