As principal investigator at the Harvard School of Public Health, Max Essex, was recently awarded $20 million to study HIV prevention in Botswana – a meagre reward for the man who played a pivotal role in creating the current conceptual model of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, compared to the billions distributed annually. Essex’s erroneous research spawned the theory [...]
A new report by Health Alert Communications, a source of clinical, scientific, and regulatory text, has recalculated AIDS associated death estimates in South Africa – suggesting a significant inconsistency with presupposed numbers. The country’s AIDS prevalence is widely considered to be of epidemic proportions. WHO/UNAIDS statistics suggest hundreds of thousands of deaths each year in [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered further falsified batches of Zidolam-N, the anti-retroviral (ARV) drug commonly used in the treatment of HIV, that was found to have been tampered with in September. Tablets carrying a reference of ‘batch number E100766’ were previously identified as fake, and WHO has now confirmed batch numbers A9351, A9357, [...]
Amnesty International has commended this West African nation in principle for its renewed commitment to the principles of Human Rights. Despite the country affirming their commitment to Human Rights and Maternal care, the advocacy group have called for ‘necessary steps to abolish the death penalty in national legislation and to commute existing death sentences to [...]
A new strategic partnership has been formed between Rotary International, an organization providing humanitarian services, and the global charity Mercy Ships, to improve the delivery of vital health care services throughout West Africa. The partnership will provide grants to Rotary clubs and districts to assemble vocational training teams of medical professionals. These teams will collaborate [...]
The GAVI Alliance, a public-private global health partnership, announced on 27 September that further funding for inoculations in developing countries is to be made available. Some 16 countries are set to benefit from the introduction of rotavirus vaccines and 18 from pneumococcal vaccines. The moves are a major development in protecting children from contracting deadly [...]
Amnesty International said today that Liberia’s prison conditions are so poor that they violate basic human rights. In a new report released on the 21 September, titled Good intentions are not enough, the international watchdog reveals they witnessed inmates crowded into dirty cells without adequate food, water or healthcare during visits to four of Liberia’s [...]
In the run up to the general elections tomorrow September 20th, one of the key campaign issues is healthcare service and delivery in the country. The Vote Health For All coalition campaign petitioned all of the country’s political parties to push the importance of free, quality healthcare to the top of the political agenda. The [...]
Findings from a recent research study conducted in Uganda suggest that voters are willing to elect a councillor with positive HIV status as long as they exhibit good leadership qualities. Uganda is one of eight countries where Idasa-GAP, with local partners, has been collating information on the regional impact of HIV and AIDS. Research has [...]
Following the devastating fire which caused extensive damage to one of Nairobi’s slums, Amnesty International has called upon the Kenyan authorities to examine the causes of Monday’s explosion and subsequent fire which is thought to have killed upwards of 100 people. In a press release, the organisation called for the Kenyan Government; ‘to ensure credible [...]
