Health

HIV/AIDS has forever changed many aspects of our countries and communities. Perhaps most significant is the increasing burden of taking care of the sick, either in hospitals or homes.  Research conducted across the region indicates that women and girls are overwhelmingly responsible for caring for people who are ill, a burden that has increased significantly with HIV and AIDS.

The topic of tuberculosis (TB) is capturing worldwide attention, including from the media. Most stories focus on informing the public about resistant forms of TB, providing accounts of patients’ flights from hospital, and exploring the very important susceptibility of people living with HIV.

Civil Society calls on government to meet international HIV/AIDS obligations regarding sexual & reproductive health

Environmentalists in Tanzania have criticised the recent decision by a number of East African governments to endorse the use of DDT in the fight against Malaria.

Members of the Treatment Action and Literacy Campaign (TALC) in Zambia, recently had an opportunity to share notes on advocacy and activism, with their French counterparts.

Cairo Prosecutors have handed down new indictments against five of the 12 men arrested for being HIV positive, a condition that is automatically associated with homosexuality in the anti-homosexuality Egypt.