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...increasing ever since. Although some folks still prefer to take in the majesty of this geological wonder from the viewing platform, excitement addicts microlight overhead, whitewater raft below or bungee jump betwixt and between. Last summer, 75% of foreign visitors to the falls participated in adventure sports, according to Zambia's National Heritage Conservation Commission. For some of these thrill seekers, the falls aren't even the main attraction but a hazy, shimmering backdrop to the mighty Zambezi River and the challenges it presents...
...increasing ever since. Although some folks still prefer to take in the majesty of this geological wonder from the viewing platform, excitement addicts microlight overhead, whitewater raft below or bungee jump betwixt and between. Last summer, 75% of foreign visitors to the falls participated in adventure sports, according to Zambia's National Heritage Conservation Commission. For some of these thrill seekers, the falls aren't even the main attraction but a hazy, shimmering backdrop to the mighty Zambezi River and the challenges it presents. Bundu Adventures, www.bunduadventures.co.za, and Zambezi Safari and Travel, www.zambezi.com, have added river boarding...
...developing world, killing an estimated 1 million people a year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. But there were several promising developments in 2005, including a huge influx of research money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a pilot project to contain the disease in one African country (see "Zambia"). The best news may be the results of a study of the experimental vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline called RTS,S. In a test conducted in Mozambique and funded in part by GSK and the Gateses' Malaria Vaccine Initiative, RTS,S offered the first significant vaccine protection against malaria. The number...
...ZAMBIA Public health officials will be watching Zambia closely over the next few years. With a $35 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the country has launched Africa's first nationwide antimalaria initiative, with a three-year plan to get bed nets, medicines and indoor insecticides to 80% of the population. The goal is to reduce deaths from malaria 75% and to show the rest of the world--including donor countries-- that malaria can be contained using low-cost tools that are readily available...
...course. Kenyans last week rejected a new constitution backed by lackluster President Mwai Kibaki - elected just three years ago in a wave of reformist zeal - because of concerns that the proposals vested too much power in his office. (Kibaki promptly sacked his entire Cabinet.) Voters in Ghana, Senegal and Zambia have all elected opposition parties since the turn of the century. Such peaceful shifts prove that institutions in some countries are becoming strong enough to survive change and are not merely dependent upon, or at the mercy of, whoever sits in the presidential palace. Ethiopia and Uganda are also vastly...