Public Health
KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures "Aid" Counterfeiters
A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures
to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit
medicines to enter the market – a claim that health rights advocates refute.
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HEALTH: Uganda Authority Finding Less Counterfeit Drugs
Uganda's National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of
medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early
2000s. This serves as a possible indication of a drop in the availability of
counterfeit medicines in the East African country.
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PERU: Adios, Doe Run
Peruvian President Alan García confirmed Wednesday that the permit of the U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run to operate a major smelter complex was being cancelled because the firm missed the deadline for proving that it had the necessary financing to restart operations and complete an environmental cleanup.
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U.N. Declares Water and Sanitation a Basic Human Right
When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in December 1948, 58
member states voted for a historic document covering
political, economic, social and cultural rights.
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Familiar Pledges on Child and Maternal Health in Africa
During the three-day summit of African Union heads of state, roughly 37,000 children and 2,000 women died across Africa, mostly from preventable causes, says a civil society coalition for child and maternal health. The coalition welcomed African leaders' pledge to make more resources available.
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SIERRA LEONE: Defining New Role for Traditional Birth Attendants
Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic birthing experience at the hands of her village traditional birth attendant (TBA).
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ZIMBABWE: Rural Children with HIV a ‘Lost Cause'
Eleven-year-old Irene Thembo* lies curled like a foetus on a white wooden bench for outpatients at a clinic in rural Zimbabwe. The orphan, whose parents died of HIV-related illnesses, is terribly sick.
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Building the Capacity of the HIV Prevention Workforce
This podcast provides an overview of CDC's HIV prevention capacity building efforts with community-based organizations and health departments.
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URUGUAY: Millennium Goal on Maternal Health in Sight
Uruguay is on the point of reaching the Millennium Development Goal for reducing the maternal mortality ratio, but it is still behind in other aspects of maternal health, like providing integrated sexual and reproductive health care, fighting syphilis and checking on mothers and babies during the postpartum period.
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KENYA: Jury Still Out on Traditional Birth Attendants
The government of Kenya has been encouraging women to deliver in hospital. Home deliveries by traditional birth attendants are considered to be a major contributor to maternal deaths.
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ZIMBABWE: 'Free' Maternal Health Care Too Costly For Most
As African Union heads of state consider child and maternal health at the 2010 summit in Kampala, Uganda, the perennial question of user fees has reared its head in Zimbabwe. Fees for services are opening a growing gap between policy and implementation in maternal health care in the Southern African country.
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Lack of Funds Hampers Global Fight Against AIDS
The global conference on AIDS in Vienna last week will be remembered for
"Broken Promises Kill", a slogan echoed by a coalition of activists who had
gathered from around the world.
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Mentally Ill Adrift in U.S. Immigration System
Mentally disabled legal permanent residents of the United
States and asylum seekers face indefinite detention, erroneous
deportation, and unfair hearings in U.S. courts, according to
a new joint report from two leading human rights
organisations.
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Worse Than HIV, the Stigma
Kiren Kaur, 37, has come to terms with HIV she contracted from her husband in
1997. The HIV positive status, per se, is not difficult to deal with. But dealing
with the stigma that comes with it is an excruciating experience.
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ZIMBABWE: Pregnant Teens Shun HIV Treatment for Fear of Stigmatisation
At a local maternity clinic in one of Bulawayo's high density suburbs, midwives are at pains to explain to a pregnant 15-year-old girl why she must be tested for HIV before she gives birth.
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LATIN AMERICA: Prevention Is Weakest Link in AIDS Fight
Many Latin American countries have made strides in legislation and policies that
promote sex education and health services for young people, which are essential
for fighting AIDS. But implementation has been slow and often faces opposition,
warn experts.
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HEALTH: Kenyans' Right to Affordable Drugs in Hands of Court
Kenya's Constitutional Court is due to set a date on Jul 22 for a hearing on the
application against the Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008, of which clauses
pertaining to medicines have been suspended pending the court's decision on
whether the law violates the right to health and life.
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AFRICA: Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women
When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners.
But as they used the discreet antiretroviral (ARV) microbicide gel, for the first time women - who bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in Africa - were in control of an HIV-prevention method.
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Window of Opportunity For Sahel Rapidly Closing
Over the past six months, the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in the
Sahel belt of West Africa have increased at alarming rates, putting over 10
million people at risk across the region - particularly in Niger and Chad.
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HEALTH: U.S. Intensifies Anti-Counterfeit Drive in East Africa
The U.S.'s recent promotion of intellectual property (IP) rights in Uganda is an
indirect way of introducing the Anti-Counterfeits Trade Agreement (ACTA)
debate in East Africa.
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