Politics and graft undermine African health care
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The crowd of African women are tired and angry after hours waiting in the hot sun, but the officials will not vaccinate their children until the president inaugurates the campaign on state television.
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African, especially southern African, nations must link tuberculosis testing and treatment with HIV prevention programs if they are to win the AIDS battle, a top World Health Organisation official said on Thursday.
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The spread of HIV and AIDS across Africa is fueling the rise of another deadly disease that many thought was on the decline: tuberculosis.
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A World Health Organisation study of healthcare in Africa says disease can only be tackled by urgent investment.
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KWANCOLOSI, South Africa -- A barefoot traditional healer entered her thatched-roof hut in this Zulu village, trailed by Randall L. Tobias, the Bush administration's global AIDS coordinator. Tobias respectfully slipped off his tasseled, British-made loafers as he crossed the threshold.
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South African politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi has taught us a useful lesson in Kenya. On Wednesday, he admitted that he has lost two member of his family - his children, to be precise - to Aids-related complications.
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South Africa may lose the HIV battle as infection and death rates outpace treatment, Unicef warns.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Nearly one in every four South African servicemen has contracted HIV/AIDS while the country&#39;s political parties urged the government to increase public spending and education to fight against the pandemic.
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Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the minister of health, had promoted garlic and beetroot as protection against AIDS, symbolizing her nationâs slow response to the H.I.V. epidemic.
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Authors of a public-health article in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (p 1984) are calling for urgent international action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas Â arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency Â may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
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Two years ago, the Government of Tanzania in collaboration with the US-based, Abbott Fund and other partners, pioneered an initiative dubbed Tanzania Care, geared to modernize countryâs public health care facilities and systems.
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A shortage of doctors and nurses in Africa is now one of the biggest obstacles to providing life-saving drugs to AIDS patients, condemning untold numbers to an unnecessary death, a new report says.
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AFTER ANOTHER World AIDS Day, I am struck by how divisive the battle has become. I think the biggest tragedy is the bickering between some advocates of the President&#39;s AIDS initiative and those of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
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As the ANC gathers to elect its leader, a new round of corruption allegations are leveled against the leading contender, Jacob Zuma
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Aids activist Zackie Achmat has joined the chorus of calls for TB treatment to be combined with HIV testing and anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment, echoing claims that it could save the lives of up to 500 000 HIV-infected Africans a year.
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions including deaths, government documents show.