IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDSIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.HEALTH: Cultural Double Standards Undercut HIVAIDS Fight- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 13 (IPS) - The United Nations says religion and culture continue to have a significant impact -- both good and bad -- on the spread and prevention of HIVAIDS worldwide.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42798 HEALTH: World Bank Shifting Gears on AIDS in Africa- (Found June 29, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, May 15 (IPS) - The World Bank says it is recalibrating its financing for anti-AIDS efforts in Africa, which shoulders more than two-thirds of the world's HIVAIDS burden.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42386 DEVELOPMENT: U.S. Might Just Choke the WHO- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GENEVA, May 21 (IPS) - As the 61st annual World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva this week, a major issue that the world's governments are struggling with is patents on medicines, and whether the option to digress from a strict patent system should be endorsed by the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO).http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42455 DEVELOPMENT-BOTSWANA: Of Tourists, Bushmen - and a Borehole- (Found June 29, 2008 ) CAPE TOWN, May 29 (IPS) - A planned lodge development at the settlement of Molapo in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) has become a source of controversy.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42585 DEVELOPMENT: Japan-Africa Outcome 'Inadequate'- (Found June 29, 2008 ) YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 30 (IPS) - A key document emerging from the fourth round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has failed to address HIVAIDS in the region, says a non-governmental organisation.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42604 Q&A: Malawian Aquaculture Initiative Gives Cause for Quiet Hope- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GRAHAMSTOWN, May 31 (IPS) - From time immemorial, fishermen on Lake Malawi have depended on the chambo to help feed their families -- all without upsetting the stocks of this fish species. Following the start of commercial fishing on the lake, however, the annual catch of chambo plunged, from 3,250 tonnes in 1985 to 207 tonnes in 2002.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42610 AFRICA: Women Say Regional AIDS Plan Falls Short- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - Despite the admirable progress made by some African countries in preventing and treating HIVAIDS since 2000, 14 million Africans have died of AIDS in that time span, and an additional 17 million have been infected, says a new report on HIVAIDS on the continent.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42731 Q&A: "Criminalisation of HIVAIDS Will Not Help Us"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - As the United Nations winds down a major two-day conference to take stock of the global response to the HIVAIDS pandemic, the problem of persistent discrimination against people living with the virus has been high on the agenda.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42742 HEALTH: Universal HIVAIDS Treatment Goals Receding- (Found June 29, 2008 ) UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - As millions of people across the world continue to die from HIVAIDS, top U.N. officials and civil society leaders are reiterating calls for increased funding to fight the deadly epidemic.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42749 HEALTH-KENYA: Months After Dump Scare, Problems Persist- (Found June 29, 2008 ) NAIROBI, May 13 (IPS) - Every day, the Dandora dumpsite in the eastern part of Nairobi receives 2,000 tonnes of rubbish -- about half of the waste generated daily by the capital's 4.5 million people. The 12-hectare site is a low mountain of smouldering trash. Vultures and marabou storks circle overhead in anticipation of a meal.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42343 |