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December 22, 2014

Heterosexuals at High Risk for HIV Don’t Test Enough

engage in sex that puts them at risk for HIV, but do not get tested at high enough rates. The Centers for Disease Control and […]

On 27 February 2013, four-year-old Charlotte Mmowa sued Limpopo Province health authorities in South Africa for 1.1 million rand (about $100,000) for mishandling her own birth, during which her mother died. Months […]

“My wheelbarrow is my life,” says Jacinto Baltazar. He makes a living by pushing his wooden cart, crafted out of planks and a Toyota Corolla tire, down a dirt road by a market on the outskirts of Luanda, […]

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The year in development

By Margarite Nathe23 December 2014

Countries must give health workers a voice, ramp up domestic investments in them, and […]

Kampala, Uganda, Dec 23, 2014 / 09:35 am (CNA).- Catholic leaders in Uganda and Malawi have issued largely positive informal progress reports on local Church efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in the African nations.

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This weekend’s protest march in Washington DC highlighted an urgent need for dialogue and concrete steps to repair important national racial divides, yet an important one barely mentioned were […]

Thirty-five members of an LGBTI group Friday (19 December) were injured in an attack on a party in Zimbabwe.

A dozen unidentified men Friday (19 December) crashed an end-of-year party thrown by the Gays and […]

In various denominations, debates on sexual ethics and treatment of minorities have sparked heated international controversy. This is sometimes seen as a conflict between a ‘liberal’ west and ‘conservative’ south. […]

Five HIV-positive women in Kenya are suing the government and two top international NGOs, claiming they were sterilised without their consent.

The group this week filed a legal action against parties including […]

11 December 2014 Africa is hardest hit by the worldwide shortage of healthcare workers, with only 3% of the world’s healthcare workers tending to 24% of the global disease burden. To help bridge the skills […]

11 December 2014 | By Jack Grove

South African v-c tells THE BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit that rankings steer institutions away from vital local concerns

Regionally […]

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A new study finds rampant violence throughout the world takes a particularly heavy toll on women and children. The World Health Organization, which has just published its first status report on the […]

The federal government’s first guidelines on circumcision last week, stressing the benefits of surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, have angered Bay Area opponents of the once-routine procedure.

“Not […]