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...answered all this reporter’s questions via e-mail from Namibia and Swaziland, where he was reporting on the AIDS epidemic...
Next month Inveneo will deploy systems to schools and colleges in Uganda, and Ghana and hopes to expand over the next year to Swaziland, Senegal and the Philippines. And just in case the sun doesn't shine, Inveneo has worked out how to power up the system with a retrofitted bicycle...
...well as a blend of spoken word “slam-poetry,” stand-up comedy, and a world fusion dance mix spun by a DJ duo. The proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Selula Sandla AME Village, a home for HIV orphans in Swaziland, and the Liberty Hall Youth Culture Center, which teaches cultural literacy and computer skills to children in the ghettoes of Kingston, Jamaica. “No one is strong enough to stand alone—no matter how strong your beat...the movement is stronger than...
Busi Bhembe, director of the Swaziland Infant Nutrition Action Network, is one Swazi who is trying to change people's attitudes toward AIDS. She leads a pilot program to help Swazis better understand how the disease affects pregnant women and babies. "The more mothers know about the virus and what it can do, the better they can take care of themselves," says Bhembe, 36, who trained in nutrition at the University of Swaziland in Mbabane before entering health management...
...PORECO)--looks like many such schemes around Africa. Besides educating mothers about the best way to breast-feed their kids, it gives newborn children a protective dose of nevirapine, an AIDS drug proved able to stop transmission of HIV through breast milk. The program, run in conjunction with the Swaziland Ministry of Health and funded by drug company Bristol-Myers Squibb, goes beyond the usual clinic visits. PORECO offers a large measure of community support and education, the kind of comprehensive care that Bhembe hopes will help slow the rate of infection in Swaziland...