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Liver cancer risk greatest for men

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul15 10

CAIRO - Hanging around a hospital lobby has become a daily pastime for 50-year-old labourer Ahmed Ismail. Every morning ...

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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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HIV treatment for refugees, but for how long?

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10

Until just over a year ago, people living in Dukwi, a remote refugee camp about 200km from Francistown, Botswana's ...

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Taking the HIV risk out of road crews

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10

An initiative by the Tanzanian government hopes to reduce HIV transmission along the country's expanding road network by targeting ...

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Counsellors to give the prick

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10

Lay counsellors in South Africa can now legally perform HIV tests, but delays in paying them and shortages of ...

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Food and livelihood crisis in the west

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul9 10

NAIROBI - Millions of people in parts of the western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing a food ...

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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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Muslim leaders champion HIV testing in marriage

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul2 10

MOMBASA - Binti Omar waits anxiously for her HIV test in a tent erected as part of a testing ...

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Finally ready for male circumcision

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul2 10

The Ugandan government will begin a nationwide male circumcision programme in July as part of its HIV prevention strategy, ...

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Public irritated by yet another condom shortage

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul2 10

At the Kampala headquarters of an NGO that looks after sex workers, staff members make calls to the government, ...

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