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Tag Archives: Uganda
Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda Trade Bloc Accord Goes Into Effect
A treaty between East African nations Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda went into effect in January creating a trade bloc that over the next few years will create a free trade zone. A similar East African free-trade zone was set up … Continue reading
Tagged Free Trade, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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Study Suggests Cheaper, More Effect Method to Prevent HIV Transmission to Newborns
Researchers at John Hopkins University and Makarere University in Kampala, Uganda, recently reported in the Lancet on the results of their tests of an alternative treatment to prevent children born to HIV-infected mothers from contracting the disease themselves. Typically, AZT … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS/HIV, Uganda
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Do Africans Follow Anti-HIV Drug Regimen Better Than Americans?
One of the long-standing arguments against the use of anti-retrovirals to treat the AIDS crisis in Africa goes like this: African countries like the health infrastructure to ensure that patients will consistently take anti-HIV drugs (which, of course, have a … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS/HIV, Botswana, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, United States
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African Nations Squeezing Congo
The United Nations didn’t make any friends in releasing a report accusing highly placed political and military officials in the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe of setting up criminal cartels to exploit mineral and gem resources in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading
Was Uganda’s AIDS Success a Fraud?
In June 2002 Uganda was hailed for its apparently amazing success at lowering HIV infections. President Yoweri Museveni announced that the rate of HIV infection was down from 30 percent in 1990 to just 6.1 percent in 2001. But this … Continue reading
Tagged AIDS/HIV, Uganda
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Kenya and Uganda to Test Malaria Early Warning System
British researchers are helping Kenya and Uganda put together an early warning system that should allow medical authorities in those countries to react quicker and head off possible malaria outbreaks. Over a million people die every year from malaria related … Continue reading
Tagged Kenya, Malaria, Uganda
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