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Improved Health Care Could Save Millions in Sub-Saharan Africa Mary Slosson 20 November 2009 Four million mothers, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved each year if adequate health care was made available, according to a report released...

Despite the fact that billions of dollars have been spent through a variety of programs in recent years, success has been mixed throughout the global South.

This is a grand week for rhetoric and red tape -- the red ribbon for Aids and the white ribbon for the 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children. I stopped subscribing to and putting on...

Guinea junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara will land soon at Sale military airport, outside the Moroccan capital Rabat, and will receive medical treatment although he did not consult the government before flying in, government officials said on Friday. "The...

A steady stream of young men from urban townships and rural farms are lining up for a procedure that few Swazi men have undergone since the custom of removing a man's foreskin died out in the 19th century. "We are...