Germany, UK and France Pushing to Undermine India’s Pro Public-Health Law Brussels/London 10 December 2010 – As leaders from India and the European Union meet for a summit in Brussels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – together with AIDS groups protesting in Africa, Asia and Europe – demand the EU stop pursuing measures that undermine India’s role as producer of affordable life-saving generic medicines. More than 80% of the AIDS medicines used to treat more than five million people across the developing world come from producers in India. “A decade ago, people wouldn’t even bother getting tested for AIDS because they... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers -….As Both Countries complete 2-week visit to Bangladesh- After years of civil war, Sierra Leone and Liberia water, sanitation and hygiene sectors are said to be faced with numerous technical, materials and financial challenges. As a means of addressing these challenges and in an effort to accelerate access of the people of Sierra Leone and Liberia to safe drinking water, improve sanitation and good hygiene behavior, seven Liberians and two Sierra Leoneans recently attended nearly two weeks of learning exchange in Dhaka, Bangladesh. According to a dispatch, five civil society organizations and two Directors from the... Continue Reading
Several low-income countries highly affected by HIV risk being entirely or partly disqualified from the current funding round by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, warns the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). Unless a new round of funding is urgently introduced to allow rejected applications to be resubmitted, HIV-positive people will suffer severe consequences such as debilitating opportunistic infections and ultimately early death. The Global Fund Board will convene on 13 December to take their decision on whether or not to fund each proposal, and to decide on the timing of the next funding... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG – As bonuses and parties bring full swing into the festive season, the world’s favourite family entertainment and media enterprise, Walt Disney Company has brought joy to the lives of 200 children who have had, or are awaiting for corrective facial surgery with donations of Christmas gifts and decorations for the children’s wards where these surgeries have been performed, as part of the Disney Smile Foundation Christmas Party initiative. The Walt Disney Company recently sponsored 200 Christmas presents, a host of festive decorations and a Christmas tree for each of the children’s wards of the... Continue Reading
….Establishment of Regional Network Imminent By: Augustine N. Myers, back from Bamako – Media Practitioners from the West African Sub-region comprising Anglophone and Francophone Countries, have completed an advanced training aimed at improving coverage and reportage on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, which is commonly known as the WASH Sector. The workshop brought together over twenty participants from Liberia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Benin, Senegal, Togo and Niger, and was held in the Malian Capital, Bamako from November 29 to December 2, 2010. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Training Workshop focused on the role of the media in... Continue Reading
