UGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after...
View ArticleUGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after...
View ArticleUGANDA: Optimism as PEPFAR increases funding*
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after...
View ArticleKENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi’s slums
Photo: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN The wide appeal of football makes it a useful tool for HIV prevention NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) – On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums...
View ArticleKENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi’s slums
Photo: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN The wide appeal of football makes it a useful tool for HIV prevention NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) – On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums...
View ArticleKENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi’s slums
Photo: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN The wide appeal of football makes it a useful tool for HIV prevention NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) – On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums...
View ArticleSUDAN: Southern child soldiers "need more opportunities"
Photo: Stolen Childhood Child soldiers have to be provided with alternatives to the army before demobilization (file photo) JUBA, 9 September 2010 (IRIN) – Southern Sudan’s promise to divest its army...
View ArticleKENYA: Kicking HIV out of Nairobi’s slums
Photo: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN The wide appeal of football makes it a useful tool for HIV prevention NAIROBI, 8 September 2010 (PlusNews) – On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums...
View ArticleSAHEL: After 30 years, nutrition strategy revamp at hand
Photo: Nancy Palus/IRIN A woman and her child in Burkina Faso DAKAR, 10 September 2010 (IRIN) – Aid strategies for treating children suffering moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) have remained virtually...
View ArticleSUDAN: Southern child soldiers "need more opportunities"
Photo: Stolen Childhood Child soldiers have to be provided with alternatives to the army before demobilization (file photo) JUBA, 9 September 2010 (IRIN) – Southern Sudan’s promise to divest its army...
View ArticleSAHEL: After 30 years, nutrition strategy revamp at hand
Photo: Nancy Palus/IRIN A woman and her child in Burkina Faso DAKAR, 10 September 2010 (IRIN) – Aid strategies for treating children suffering moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) have remained virtually...
View ArticleSUDAN: Southern child soldiers "need more opportunities"
Photo: Stolen Childhood Child soldiers have to be provided with alternatives to the army before demobilization (file photo) JUBA, 9 September 2010 (IRIN) – Southern Sudan’s promise to divest its army...
View ArticleUGANDA: US helps bridge gap in ARV supply
Photo: Georgina Cranston/IRIN An estimated 47 percent of Ugandans who need ARVs have no access to them KAMPALA, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda’s...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: Early HIV treatment may be cheaper than thought
Photo: UNAIDS HIV prevalence, not eligibility, drives up patient numbers and cost MANZINI, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – Research by South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Boston...
View ArticleUGANDA: US helps bridge gap in ARV supply
Photo: Georgina Cranston/IRIN An estimated 47 percent of Ugandans who need ARVs have no access to them KAMPALA, 13 September 2010 (PlusNews) – The US government has boosted its assistance to Uganda’s...
View ArticleETHIOPIA-GHANA: MDG success stories
Photo: Andrew Heavans/IRIN Students in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa (file photo) DAKAR, 16 September 2010 (IRIN) – Many sub-Saharan African countries are off-track to achieve the Millennium...
View ArticleMALI: Kidnap threat throws spotlight on local aid staff
Photo: IRIN DAKAR, 17 September 2010 (IRIN) – A kidnap threat blocking Western aid workers from travelling to parts of Mali is hampering aid operations and underscoring the importance of local NGOs,...
View ArticleSOUTHERN AFRICA: Social transfers reduce poverty
Photo: Mercedes Sayagues/PlusNews The elderly in Swaziland, which has a high HIV prevalence, shoulder much of the burden of care given to orphans PRETORIA, 17 September 2010 (IRIN) – Southern African...
View ArticleMALI: Kidnap threat throws spotlight on local aid staff
Photo: IRIN DAKAR, 17 September 2010 (IRIN) – A kidnap threat blocking Western aid workers from travelling to parts of Mali is hampering aid operations and underscoring the importance of local NGOs,...
View ArticleMALI: Kidnap threat throws spotlight on local aid staff
Photo: IRIN DAKAR, 17 September 2010 (IRIN) – A kidnap threat blocking Western aid workers from travelling to parts of Mali is hampering aid operations and underscoring the importance of local NGOs,...
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