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This is not the first time that Bill Gates has affected a health-related cause. For years now, Gates has exerted his influence over efforts to treat HIV/AIDS in traditionally underserved regions, including sub-saharan Africa. A Los Angeles Times investigation explored the effects of Gates’ involvement and found that, contrary to the assumption that more money solves more problems, the Gates Foundation’s implementation of efforts to treat HIV/AIDS produced mixed results. Some of these findings call into question whether Gates’ initiatives create even a net-positive impact. The negative effects include...
...Whatever happens, the new study suggests that HIV therapy is only going to become trickier and more expensive to implement as drug resistance spreads. While the implications for this trend will be felt most acutely in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, Kahn says he also has concerns for his home city of San Francisco. "California is broke, and the state is invading city finances to help itself out. I look at our model and what it predicts for San Francisco over the next few years in terms of antiretroviral resistance, and I do become concerned that funding...
...Peter's Antiques This shop on Moltke Strasse, tel: (264-64) 405 624, is wonderfully eclectic and completely different from any other in town. Tribal artifacts from across sub-Saharan Africa include masks from Kenya, spears from the Congo and many items from Namibia's ethnic population. These are mixed with relics from the earliest days of the German colonial era: old railway maps, stamps, books, glass bottles, tin boxes and more. The shop has been going more than 30 years and its dusty appearance, whiff of African leather and wood and collection of German and Africa ephemera capture Swakopmund...