The Vienna Declaration: A Global Call to Action for Science-based Drug Policy

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 11, 2010
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Three leading scientific and health policy organizations have launched a global drive for signatories to the Vienna Declaration (www.viennadeclaration.com), a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. Among those supporting the declaration and urging others to sign is 2008 Nobel Laureate and International AIDS Society (IAS) Governing Council member Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of HIV.

Poverty Not Responsible for Spread of HIV

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 8, 2010
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A new study published in this month’s Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that neither wealth nor poverty is driving the spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa.

Month-Long Sex Ban Could Cut New HIV Infections by 45%

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 8, 2010
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A month-long sexual abstinence campaign in Africa could reduce new HIV infections by up to 45 per cent, according to researchers.

Lagos Parents May Go To Jail for Flogging Their Children

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 8, 2010
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If the Criminal Law Bill currently is being deliberated by the Lagos State House of Assembly sails through, then many parents in the state would face various prison terms for beating up their kids.

Lagos Parents May Go To Jail for Flogging Their Children

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 8, 2010
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If the Criminal Law Bill currently is being deliberated by the Lagos State House of Assembly sails through, then many parents in the state would face various prison terms for beating up their kids.

“Human Traffickers Exploited 2.4m People,” UN Report

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: July 8, 2010
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More than 2.4 million people around the world are currently being exploited by human traffickers for sexual or forced labour, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Zambian Officers to Receive Compensation for Unlawful HIV Testing

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: June 12, 2010
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A court in Livingstone has awarded 2,000 US dollars in damages for mental and emotional anguish to each of two ex-officers in Zambia’s air force who say they were tested and treated for HIV without their knowledge.

Bill Gates Donates $1.5Bn for Women’s Health

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: June 12, 2010
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Maternal and child health projects around the world will receive a fresh push from a new 1.5 billion US dollars project over the next five years. The United Nations and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the joint pledge on Monday at the Women Deliver summit in Washington, billed as the largest-ever conference on women’s health.

Africa Tries HIV Vagina Ring

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: June 12, 2010
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A vaginal ring that releases antiretroviral drugs into women’s systems to prevent HIV transmission during sex will be tested for the first time in Africa. The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced on Tuesday that it will launch a placebo-controlled trial of the ring with 280 HIV-negative women in the southern and eastern Africa.

UK Gives Uganda $4.2 Million for Contraceptives

By Shamsydeen Badmus
Published: May 23, 2010
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The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that it will spend over 4.2 million US dollars supplying contraceptives to Uganda.

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