Girls aged 15 to 24 are three times more likely to acquire HIV than boys of the same age group in sub-Saharan Africa Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, UN...
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Girls aged 15 to 24 are three times more likely to acquire HIV than boys of the same age group in sub-Saharan Africa Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, UN...
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Amongst all vulnerable populations served by Botswana Red Cross Society (BRCS), various reports have indicated that a significant number of children living at the Dukwi Refugee Camp are orphans and...
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Foreword HIV/AIDS imposes enormous economic, social, health, and human costs and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The challenge is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, home to...
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A major study has found that a hormonal contraceptive widely used in Africa appears to double a woman's chance of getting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The study also suggests that when...
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Résumé analytique Suite à la période de stagnation qui a marqué les années 1990, une reprise des investissements et des effectifs consacrés à la recherche et développement (R&D) agricole en Afrique...
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Executive Summary After a decade of stagnation during the 1990s, investments and human resource capacity in public agricultural research and development (R&D) averaged more than 20 percent growth in...
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Johannesburg, 1 December 2010 (PlusNews) With just a month to go before the deadline for achieving the targets of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care expires, it is clear very few...
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GA/EF/3292 Sixty-fifth General Assembly Second Committee 20th & 21st Meeting (AM & PM) Given its stagnant food production and rising levels of malnourishment, Africa would not be able to feed itself...
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JOHANNESBURG, 6 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - A new study has challenged widely held assumptions about income level in relation to HIV, finding that neither wealth nor poverty are reliable predictors of HIV...
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Harvard Kennedy School, May 14, 2010: "How has a decade of change shaped development thinking?" What's the Big Idea? To reposition Africa as the Fifth BRIC- A Destination for Investment, not just Aid ...
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NAIROBI, 2 March 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Medical male circumcision is now widely recognized as an important HIV prevention tool, and several African countries have included it in their national HIV...
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AG/SHC/3951 Troisième Commission 12e & 13e séances - matin et après-midi Plusieurs pays africains font également état de progrès dans la lutte contre les mutilations génitales féminines La...
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DAKAR, 17 juin 2009 (IRIN) - Plus de 1 500 bébés nés chaque jour en Afrique subsaharienne mourront dans les 24 heures qui suivent leur naissance, selon un rapport publié récemment par le Fonds des...
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Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises...
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ECA/SDD/04/0 (Extrait) Une révolution verte en Afrique Révolution verte: le cas de l'Ouganda Par Alex Tindimubona et Jacques Hamel Le triangle de Luwero, au centre de l'Ouganda, est une zone qui a...
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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development announced today the recipients of the first round of grants from USAID under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. These...
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News AFRICA: Oxfam launches "cut the cost" campaign The British charity Oxfam has begun a campaign to force drug companies to reduce the prices of lifesaving drugs to poor nations. In a press release...
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NAIROBI, 17 January (IRIN) - Reaction from Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila's opponents in the DRC conflict to the unfolding events in the capital Kinshasa has been muted. Rwanda said it was...