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Time for action on “heart disease of the poor”

by IRIN | 0 » | May11 10
Time for action on “heart disease of the poor”
CAIRO - Ayman Mahdi Saleh, 32, started to feel pain in his chest soon after he was diagnosed with ...
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Leaders go public with the test

by IRIN | 0 » | May3 10
Leaders go public with the test
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma recently launched one of the most ambitious voluntary counselling and testing ...
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Mortality data reveals HIV treatment progress

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr30 10
Mortality data reveals HIV treatment progress
JOHANNESBURG - A new study of adult mortality tells the tale of HIV over decades and across borders and ...
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Give me a home, but not in a Temporary Relocation Area

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr30 10
Give me a home, but not in a Temporary Relocation Area
BLIKKIESDORP - Blikkiesdorp - meaning "tin-can town" in Afrikaans - has become a source of controversy in Cape Town, ...
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I think it is good that President Jacob Zuma announced his HIV status

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr30 10
I think it is good that President Jacob Zuma announced his HIV status
Bongi Rubushe, 24, is a medical student at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is ...
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Not much benefit in preferential trade agreement

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr28 10
Not much benefit in preferential trade agreement
MBABANE - A decade after the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), a preferential US trade agreement, became law ...
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Health fees scrapped but gaps remain

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr27 10
Health fees scrapped but gaps remain
DAKAR - Donors and NGOs welcomed the Sierra Leone government's launch on 27 April of free health care for ...
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Refugees face hunger as farming ban bite

by IRIN | Comments Off | Mar18 10
Refugees face hunger as farming ban bite
NAKIVALE Thursday, March 18, 2010 (IRIN) - A farming ban imposed on Rwandan refugees in southwestern Uganda is raising concerns ...
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Fatwa alone will not stop FGM/C

by IRIN | 0 » | Jan28 10
Fatwa alone will not stop FGM/C
NOUAKCHOTT, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) - A recent fatwa banning female genital mutilation/cutting in Mauritania will help reduce the practice ...
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Act now to stem Sahel food crisis, donor says

by IRIN | 0 » | Jan28 10
Act now to stem Sahel food crisis, donor says
DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) - Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food ...
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