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Africa: HIV/Aids and the Continent's Military - Are We Winning This War?

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In this paper, Azad Essa explores the extent to which Africa's military has been affected by HIV/AIDS. He outlines the varied responses from Africa's armed forces, with a specific focus on recruitment, care and precarious human...

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Africa: TB/HIV - Dual Epidemics in a Young Democracy

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In this paper, Rebecca Hodes and Lesley Odendal address the double scourge HIV/Aids and tuberculosis facing South Africa's young democracy. They point to a number of factors that have led to the current situation in the...

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UGANDA DIARIES: Esther Lalam, a teacher in northern Uganda - an Xmas feast and reunion

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KITGUM, 4 December 2008 (IRIN) - This is part of a special IRIN series: Uganda diaries, in which a selection of ordinary people in northern Uganda talk about their lives in their own words. Esther Lalam's diary follows (updated...

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Cold season

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For all the medical news about amazing breakthroughs and encouraging trends, the biggest health topic at this time of the year is what to do about the common cold. While flu vaccines ward off the most likely strains of...

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American College of Physicians Recommends Routine HIV Screening for All

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec 04, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- World AIDS Day is December 1. In an effort to help prevent the unwitting spread of HIV, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that physicians adopt a...

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Aethlon Medical Discloses Initiation of Research Coverage (Business Wire)

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SAN DIEGO----Aethlon Medical, Inc. disclosed today that The Robins Group, an independent brokerage and investment banking firm, has initiated research coverage on the Company. The report was prepared and published by The Robins...

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Zimbabwe: Cholera Funerals 'Common'

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"Funerals of people dying of cholera are a common feature of our daily lives," said Tapiwa Hove, a resident Budiriro, a high-density suburb of Harare. "But it seems no one cares. Sewage is flowing all over. It's like living in...

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Man Jailed for Infecting Girl With HIV

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Kampala — A 47-year-old man is to serve 14 years in jail for having sex with a mentally ill 19-year-old-girl and infecting her with HIV/AIDS. Any person who has sex with a woman, knowing that she is an idiot or imbecile, is...

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Zimbabwe: Hospitals 'literally not functioning'

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News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 6:39 AM EST Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over its cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health system due to the country's economic crisis. Who's leading the...

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KENYA: Testing for mother and child saves lives

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NAIROBI, 4 December 2008 (IRIN) - Maurine Kamau* lost her first child immediately after birth but did not discover why the baby had died until she fell pregnant a second time and tested positive for HIV at the Nazareth Mission...

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