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AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN
For the first time since the AIDS pandemic was identified a quarter-century ago, “we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths,” reports Dr....
Water for all: Different approaches to common challenges
Until six years ago, Eugenia Uwamahoro had to trek 2 kilometres each day to a river to get water for drinking, cooking, washing and...
Reducing maternal deaths in Africa
Maternal deaths in Africa would decline if women had access to well-equipped health centres with suitably trained and skilled staff. Africa Renewal’s Mary Kimani...
South Africa: DDT finds favour in fight against malaria
After years of resistance, people living in the rural areas of South Africa are beginning to embrace the use of DDT as an effective...
Nigeria: Government hits tobacco companies with whopping law suit
The Nigerian federal government filed a suit in the High Court of Abuja on Tuesday against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, and...
New clues to mystery illness
The number of people affected by a mystery illness that has already claimed the lives of 4 children on the outskirts of the Angolan...
ZIMBABWE: HIV rate falls again
When Zimbabwe registered a decline in HIV prevalence rates in 2004, and again in 2006, the news was met with scepticism, but new official...