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HEALTH: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
28 July 2010
(IRIN
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Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90000/HEALTH-It-s-how-you-spend-the-money-that-saves-lives
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FOOD: Political will can solve malnutrition
26 July 2010
(IRIN
),
"Children don't vote," said Dr Robert Mwadime, of Uganda Action for Nutrition, at a session on the subject before the three-day African Union (AU) meeting opened in Kampala, Uganda. This means that political leaders in Africa often pay scant attention to the millions of children who die every year of malnutrition-related causes. Most of the audience nodded in agreement; many clapped.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89970/FOOD-Political-will-can-solve-malnutrition
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SWAZILAND: Children still share jail cells with adults
14 July 2010
(IRIN
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Swaziland's judiciary is concerned by an absence of detention facilities for children, which forces them to share jail cells with adult criminals.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89827/SWAZILAND-Children-still-share-jail-cells-with-adults
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HEALTH: Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria
6 July 2010
(IRIN
),
More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the "continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa."
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89756/HEALTH-Most-paediatric-fevers-not-caused-by-malaria
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: AIDS activists take funding fight to the pitch
5 July 2010
(IRIN
),
Janet "China" Mpalume led Zimbabwe's ARV Swallows to a decisive victory in the Halftime Football Tournament in Johannesburg on 2 July 2010. She wasn't playing for the FIFA World Cup, but for something potentially far more important.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89730/SOUTHERN-AFRICA-AIDS-activists-take-funding-fight-to-the-pitch
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In Brief: Fish nets join mosquito nets against malaria
2 July 2010
(IRIN
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New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89701/In-Brief-Fish-nets-join-mosquito-nets-against-malaria
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FOOD: Help out small farmers, report urges
2 July 2010
(IRIN
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Small-holder farmers, who make up almost all of Africa’s agriculture sector, need more support to reduce over-dependence on increasingly costly food imports, states a new report.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89716/FOOD-Help-out-small-farmers-report-urges
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In Brief: Sleeping sickness hits new low
29 June 2010
(IRIN
),
For the first time in half a century, the number of new diagnosed cases of human African trypanosomiasis – also known as sleeping sickness - has dropped below 10,000 thanks to partnerships with drug companies and improved screening, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89662/In-Brief-Sleeping-sickness-hits-new-low
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SWAZILAND: Poor health services hamper PMTCT progress
28 June 2010
(IRIN
),
Swaziland has made remarkable progress in reducing HIV transmission from infected mothers to their babies, but health activists worry that this may be stalled or even reversed if lapses in basic health services are not addressed.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89655/SWAZILAND-Poor-health-services-hamper-PMTCT-progress
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Measles back with a vengeance
28 June 2010
(IRIN
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"Out of sight, out of mind" explains why Southern Africa has been grappling with one of the biggest outbreaks of measles, a highly contagious viral disease, since 2009.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89659/SOUTHERN-AFRICA-Measles-back-with-a-vengeance
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