Africa Information - September 8, 2008

China And U.S. Institute To Join Forces In Battling AIDS

August 29, 2005 - Topics aids, hiv, research, disease and africa

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Baltimore, MD (AP) - Chinese health officials are partnering up with a U.S. institute to battle AIDS in a country that officials fear will see a tenfold increase in HIV infection over the next five years

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Health Emergency Declared In Africa

August 27, 2005 - Topics africa, disease, aids, hiv and epidemic
Tuberculosis has reached a critical mass in Africa according to the World Health Organization.

The number of cases has more than quadrupled since 1990 and is killing an average of 500,000 people each year in Africa

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Tuberculosis Emergency Declared In Africa

August 27, 2005 - Topics tuberculosis, africa, disease, hiv and epidemic
Tuberculosis has reached a critical mass in Africa according to the World Health Organization.

The number of cases has more than quadrupled since 1990 and is killing an average of 500,000 people each year in Africa

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African Leaders Discuss Tuberculosis Emergency

August 24, 2005 - Topics tuberculosis, africa, aids, hiv and europe
African health ministers are set to meet in Mozambique to discuss the growing number of tuberculosis (TB) cases across the region.

A regional tuberculosis health emergency is expected to be announced by the World Health Organization

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Sex Band Ends in Swaziland

August 19, 2005 - Topics sex, aids, women, africa and infection
Young women all around Swaziland burned their tassels today as King Mswati III ended a six-year sex band in the African country.

Swaziland, a country with one of the highest rates of HIV infections in the world, had teenage girls wear large woolen tassels as a sign of their chastity since 2001. The sex ban was imposed to fight a further spread of HIV and Aids

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