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Money no protection from HIV

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10

A new study has challenged widely held assumptions about income level in relation to HIV, finding that neither wealth ...

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Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul6 10

DAKAR - More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases ...

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The blood diamond is making a comeback

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun30 10

JOHANNESBURG - Reform of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is becoming more urgent as controversy over Zimbabwe's ...

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Freedom of movement to help pastoralist lifestyles

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun30 10

NAIROBI - Pastoralists across East Africa are set to benefit as the region's national borders are relaxed amid joint ...

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Diabetes cases to double by 2030

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun28 10

DAKAR - Without a major breakthrough in preventing and treating diabetes, the number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa is projected ...

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Please manage the food better

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun28 10

JOHANNESBURG - A new global architecture to govern food security is urgently needed to reduce the number of hungry ...

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Not spending enough on food

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun21 10

JOHANNESBURG - "Africa is now facing the same type of long-term food deficit problem that India faced in the ...

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Pregnancy and HIV vaccine trials

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10

Unintended pregnancies during East African clinical trials of an HIV vaccine are proving problematic. "One or two women dropping ...

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Mother knows best

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10

One after the other, the women entered the doctor's office full of hope and expectation and left with a ...

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AIDS activists slam Obama

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10

AIDS activists are to march on the US Consulate in Johannesburg on 17 June to protest against the deaths ...

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