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May 2003: Health Promotion
Despite the many medicinal advances of the past decades, humankind continues to fight battles against disease in all corners of the world. In this
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The Invasion of Brainless Creatures in Africa by Damilare, Nigeria
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the most deadly of all diseases. It is a very small virus that takes the life out of Man. AIDS is a result of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV does not only destroy the immune system of the body, which leads to AIDS, but shatters the hopes of most African people. HIV/AIDS has transformed many ‘children into orphans...
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AIDS/HIV in India by Nandita Saikia, India
Healthcare in India has two distinct faces: that which is meant for the rich and healthcare for the poor. While the former is comparable to what is available in much of the developed world, the poor often have to make do with healthcare that would make one think of war movies and MASH – doctors with little or no equipment conducting open-air surgeries with the sun as...
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Community-Based Orgs and Local Govnts should Partner to Combat HIV/AIDS by Neema Mgana, Tanzania
The unprecedented human tragedy caused by HIV/AIDS on the African continent is one that can no longer be ignored. Sub-Saharan Africa has particularly been held hostage by this disease. Estimates show that nearly two-thirds of the population in sub-Saharan Africa are affected by the epidemic and over 90 percent of children orphaned in the world by AIDS live in the same...
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Working to Stop the Spread of AIDS/HIV by Mohammad Ziaul Ahsan, Bangladesh
Despite well-documented and successful prevention efforts in few countries, HIV/AIDS continues to spread in Asia and the Pacific. No country is now immune to HIV/AIDS. In fact, this region has become a home of many people living with HIV/AIDS than any other besides sub-Saharan Africa. Almost one million people in Asia and the pacific have acquired HIV in 2002 bringing...
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other articles in this issue
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LES VIRUS DE LA GRIPPE
J. Marc FEUSSOM, Senegal |
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Time to Heal
xxxxx, United Arab Emirates |
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Organic Abundance
NaBeeel, Canada |
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Fast food: Fast life
Dr.A.Prabaharan, India |
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The Facts about Antiretroviral Therapy
Ipinnaiye Opeyemi Isaiah, Nigeria |
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POUR UN MONDE MEILLEUR....
Andy le Leader, Gabon |
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ADN: La historia oculta
Julián Profeta, Argentina |
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Living Positive with Cancer
Beatrice M Vuhugwa, Kenya |
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Youth and Smoking
Rajendra Mulmi, Nepal |
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AIDS in Africa: The People, the Problems and the Proposed Solutions
Ashley Banfield, United States |
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