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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 09 2008 | world, AIDS, africa, health, policy
    World Aids Orphans Day

    a friend of mine is working on this problem...it's a great cause, so please support and help out, spread the word, as best as you can! thanks.

    Quoted: World AIDS Orphans Day (May 7) is a grassroots campaign to draw attention to and advocate on behalf of the more than 15 million children orphaned by AIDS. Join us and call upon donor governments to make children a priority in the fight against HIV and AIDS...

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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 15 2008 | health, africa, women, children
    Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa - New York Times

    It amazes me that a Head-of-State can be so stubbornly ignorant that he's actually denying the dying women and children of his country the proper treatment for HIV/Aids b/c he doesn't believe HIV leads to Aids...argh!

    Quoted: Despite data suggesting better AIDS treatment courses are available in South Africa, the government has been slow to implement them.

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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 14 2007 | women, health, africa
    BBC NEWS | Health | Action needed on maternal deaths

    Quoted: Experts condemn a lack of progress in reducing the number of deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.

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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 25 2007 | news, Africa, health
    BBC NEWS | Africa | Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat

    Quoted: The soaring demand for a Ugandan tree believed to boost a man's libido may lead to its extinction, experts warn.

    This is Mother Nature's way of saying "Africa, you have too many people, not enough resources to accommodate them, and now I'm cutting off your Viagra prescription."

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    0 starstigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 19 2007 | india, health, Africa
    BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia's high speed hospitals

    Quoted: In a consulting room at the Black Lion teaching hospital in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, a pregnant woman lies on a couch, while an ultrasound ...Although a hospital in India is part of the initial hook-up, Ratan Singh, the enthusiastic project manager stresses that this is not about providing Indian medical expertise to Africa.
    What he is doing, he says, is to provide a technical platform, a means of sharing expertise, which African health services can use however they think best.

    This is really a great, innovative method, utilizing simple technology, to provide better quality healthcare to millions in need. But what about improving healthcare to the millions in need in India itself?

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