Collecting Data Only to Explain it Away
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-26 19:10:42 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The HIV industry loves the story of massive increases in 'unsafe' sexual behavior as an explanation for rapid increases in HIV prevalence in high and medium prevalence countries. If the author can even be bothered to say why unsafe sexual...
Circumcision: Non-Paternalistic Public Health is Possible in Africa, Isn't It?
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-26 19:14:11 -0700 | humanitarian-news
After holding out for a while, apparently the Malawian government has now had a change of heart about male circumcision and has caved in to pressure from the international HIV industry to include the operation in its HIV 'prevention' strategy....
Ikeja Metro Lion club empowers primary school pupils in Lagos
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-07-26 19:14:34 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Ikeja Metro Lion club empowers primary school pupils in Lagos By EMMANUEL UDOM Last week, members of Ikeja Metro Lion Club, Lagos, southwest Nigeria took yet another step in their humanitarian mission of service to God and humanity. Led by...
Gates to Unleash Destructive Agricultural Technology on Unsuspecting Tanzanians
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-27 05:10:32 -0700 | humanitarian-news
An article in The Citizen opens with the statement: "Tanzania will not make significant gains in its endeavours to eradicate poverty through increased agricultural productivity if the doors to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are not opened." It seems he was...
Why ladies dump their unwanted babies in gutters- Rev Mrs Bamidele George
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-07-27 05:10:32 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Why ladies dump their unwanted babies in gutters- Rev Mrs Bamidele George Rev Mrs. Bamidele George, Founder of Little Saints Orphanage last week spoke with EMMANUEL UDOM on why the attitude of some Nigerians have changed over the years on...
Another Look At Sexual (and Non-Sexual?) HIV Risk
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-27 05:11:25 -0700 | humanitarian-news
A recently published article finds that, out of 1834 African participants who belong to various groups thought to face high risk of being infected with HIV, incidence (the rate of new infections per year) was highest among men who had...
The UN declared an end to the famine in Somalia.
Posted by: Vicky247
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2012-04-19 12:36:39 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The Humanitarian Coordinator for that country's body, Mark Bowden, said that"the gains are fragile and revert if it continues to support. " A third of the population still lives in humanitarian emergencies. The UN declared the state of Somalia suffered...
Turning Off the Tap: Don't Forget, There Are Two of Them
Posted by: Simon Collery
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2012-07-28 03:10:32 -0700 | humanitarian-news
There's an article published by Peter Piot in 1987 that has had a lot of influence on the way many others have written about HIV ever since. I'd like to say it has had influence on the way people have...
Ikeja Metro Lions Club donates water tank to police children school
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-07-26 19:19:38 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Ikeja Metro Lions Club donates water tank to police children school By EMMANUEL UDOM Members of Ikeja Lions Club in Lagos, southwest Nigeria on Thursday donated a water tank to Police Children School, located in Ikeja. Speaking during the handover...
PEPFAR Committee Pulls Rug Out From Under Its Own Feet
Posted by: Simon Collery
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | updated 2012-07-26 19:19:40 -0700 | humanitarian-news
About a year ago PEPFAR carried out a technical consultation on 'mixed' HIV epidemics. These describe country epidemics where HIV prevalence is relatively high in the general population (compared to non-African countries), and high or very high among members of...
How to Reduce Healthcare Transmitted HIV in African Countries?
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-26 19:21:11 -0700 | humanitarian-news
"One consequence of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic has been the emergence of a broad awareness of the potential role of syringes in the transmission of infectious diseases", write Nicola Bulled and Merrill Singer in Aids and Behavior. Indeed, several countries...
Oak computers monthly empowerment seminar
Posted by: eeudomyahoocom
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-07-26 19:22:38 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Oak computers monthly empowerment seminar By EMMANUEL UDOM Last month, the management of Oak Computers Limited, an indigenous company based in Lagos, south west Nigeria commenced a free monthly computer training for interested persons. The training, which was held at...
Lies About Sex-Trafficking: a Pre-Olympic Sport
Posted by: Simon Collery
Moshi :: Tanzania | updated 2012-07-26 19:22:44 -0700 | humanitarian-news
The usual rubbish that comes out in the press before a big international sporting event is back, according to the New Internatonalist: journalists throughout the 'free' press are already salivating about the '40,000 (or some such large number) forced prostitutes'...
Arab Spring : What is happening in Libya ?
Posted by: ise7ven
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-03-21 13:14:19 -0700 | humanitarian-news
Arab Spring took a little detour when it reached Libya. The world witnessed military violence from both the ruling government as well as protesters, which was a rather different approach than other middle-east protests. Three months after the killing of...
Mediterranean route unsafe for refugees – 1500 perish in 2011
Posted by: prabirghose
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-07-28 01:46:16 -0700 | travel-news
The UN High Commissioner of Refugees is worried that Libyans are losing their lives while making efforts to escape via the Mediterranean Sea route even though they know that it is fraught with dangers. In 2011, as many as 1500...
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