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DEVELOPMENT: South Africa Beats Deadline on Water, Sanitation By Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM - South Africa and Madagascar, two African nations participating in the Stockholm International Water Conference currently underway in the Swedish capital, provide a contrasting picture of where they stand -- or fall -- in achieving the U.N.'s heavily-trumpeted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MORE >>
TRADE-TANZANIA: Cheap Imitation Goods Are Flooding Markets By Sarah McGregor DAR ES SALAAM - The mishmash of shops in Tanzania's central Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam stock an infinite array of brand name fakes. Throngs of customers snap up mobile phones, designer gear, high-tech electronics and gadgets -- all imitations being sold at unbelievably low prices. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-UGANDA: Looming Problems With Kampala's Water By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - The water supply for two million residents of the Ugandan capital Kampala is threatened by a combination of ill-planned urbanisation and changing rainfall patterns. MORE >>
HEALTH-UGANDA: Fight Against AIDS Faltering? By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - Uganda's approach to the fight against HIV/AIDS is under scrutiny by activists. The country has won international acclaim for its 20-year campaign against the AIDS pandemic, but the latest numbers lead some activists believe Uganda is now losing ground. MORE >>
POPULATION-KENYA: Women's Choices Change Cities By Rose N. Oronje NAIROBI - This year the world reaches an invisible but momentous milestone: for the first time in history, more than half its population will be living in urban areas. In Kenya, rapid urbanisation is creating deepening poverty among urban residents. MORE >>
CULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Made in Khayelitsha, Sold in New York By Stephanie Nieuwoudt CAPE TOWN - Entering the Monkeybiz shop, one is confronted with hundreds of brightly coloured beaded animals, dolls, place mats and pictures. You find yourself smiling involuntarily. MORE >>
HEALTH-SWAZILAND: AIDS Creating a Society in Distress By James Hall MANZINI - In a narrow and still winter-brown valley, little more than a crevice between rocky mountains, Gogo Ndlovu looks after her five young orphaned grandchildren. MORE >>
HEALTH-TOGO: Increased Drug Use Shadows Growing Trafficking By Noel Kokou Tadégnon LOME - As the Togolese capital becomes a regional hub for drug trafficking, many drug addicts in Lomé are seeking assistance to kick the habit. MORE >>
HEALTH: Activists Hail US Senate Approval of Major AIDS Bill By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - AIDS and global health activists are hailing Wednesday's approval by the U.S. Senate of an unprecedented five-year, 48-billion-dollar bill to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis overseas, particularly in Africa. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-MADAGASCAR: Not Enough Money for Basic Water By Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO - Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Madagascar. Considerable financial investment is needed to improve sanitation and water treatment and distribution for the population of this large island. MORE >>
Q&A: Denying Antiretrovirals To Migrants Hurts Us All By Interview with Joanna Vearey, Forced Migration Project, Univ. of Witswatersrand JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has become a destination for people from across the continent and beyond. But in spite of migrants having a legal right to free antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV, they are being turned away from government clinics. MORE >>
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AMREF - African Medical and Research Foundation
Africare
AEGIS - Aids Education Global Information System
Global Health Information Network
The African Centre for Health and Population Studies
Health Aids Action Campaign
PlusNews is an HIV/AIDS news service produced by the UN's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
