Wednesday, 18 June 2014
RESULTS International (Australia): Undernutrition is a smart development investment: ...
RESULTS International (Australia): Undernutrition is a smart development investment: ...: By Tiruni Yasaratne, Global Health Researcher Volunteer In 2013, the Lancet published an ‘eyebrow raising’ statistic: undernutrition c...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Monday, 16 June 2014
standing with Aeras and its partners in calling upon you to prioritize tuberculosis R&D in the Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector.
Dear Southern African Development Community Nations,
I’m standing with Aeras and its partners in calling upon you to prioritize tuberculosis R&D in the Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector.
While we scale up disease control efforts today, new tools are urgently needed to significantly reduce the spread of TB in the mines, and the broader region, in order to achieve TB elimination.
TB is claiming the lives of thousands of miners each year. South African gold mines are reported to have the highest rates of TB in the world, contributing to the spread of this airborne, infectious disease across the region1.
TB is also a serious economic issue for miners and their families, industry and governments. Each year, staggering numbers of miners develop active TB, keeping them out of the workforce. In countries like South Africa, where mining contributes approximately 20% of GDP and more than 1 million jobs2, TB threatens the long-term economic viability of the industry due to rising costs and limitations of what can be achieved through traditional disease control methods. SADC nations, and the world, need new tools to fight this epidemic.
Public-private partnerships to support TB R&D remain the best long-term solution to getting to zero deaths, zero new infections and zero suffering. We urgently recommend that SADC ministers prioritize tuberculosis R&D in the Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector.
I’m signing this letter because I feel strongly that we must close the R&D gap in the SADC’s Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Erick Okioma
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1. Dharmadhikari A, et. al. Aspiring to Zero Tuberculosis Deaths Among Southern Africa’s Miners: Is There a Way Forward? International Journal of Health Services 43(4):651-664, 2013.
2. Chamber of Mines of South Africa, Facts & Figures 2012; Chamber of Mines of South Africa, Annual Report 2013.
Saturday, 14 June 2014
Kisumu's Best Kept Secrets: Kisumu's top 10 socialites
Kisumu's Best Kept Secrets: Kisumu's top 10 socialites: Now that we have finally earned our City Status it's time that we also unveiled our own party stoppers and here I am not talking about ...
Friday, 13 June 2014
Kenya: NACC, Counties in Joint HIV-Aids Fight
THE National Aids Control Council will incorporate the county governments in the new National HIV Strategic Framework to fight the spread of HIV-Aids.
The new framework seeks to work with the counties to help fund the HIV-Aids prevention programmes.
NACC yesterday said there have been financial challenges in the fight against HIV-Aids so counties should come up with budgetary allocation for HIV programmes.
In recent months, Kenya has been facing a shortage of HIV testing kits because many programmes are donor-funded and some no longer exist.
NACC Coast regional coordinator Julius Koome said county governments must work with the national government in ensuring funds are set aside for HIV-Aids prevention projects.
"We are talking with the counties to ensure a certain percentage of budgetary allocation is channeled towards the HIV-Aids kitty," he said.
Koome said they cannot continue waiting for donor support to fight HIV.
"We need to have sustainability in the fight against this menace," he said.
Koome said in Mombasa, there are seven new HIV infections every day with an 11 per cent prevalence rate.
The county is at position five with the highest number of infections in all the 47 counties.
By Charles Mghenyi The Star Newspaper, 12 June 2014
ACT UP Africa
"We are here in Atlanta to tell the disease bureaucracy that an epidemic without end is not acceptable." #ATLPrinciples #CDC #CDC2014
ACT UP New York
"We are here in Atlanta to tell the disease bureaucracy that an epidemic without end is not acceptable." #ATLPrinciples #CDC #CDC2014
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
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