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Kampala - Visiting UN Secretary General Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka Wednesday urged Uganda to drop its impending laws against people infecting others with the AIDS and called upon the government to soften its stand on gays. The U...
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Uganda’s population may more than triple by 2050 to 103 million people because of a high growth rate, the country’s Population Secretariat said.
Gender discrimination, sexual violence and poverty are undermining global progress in tackling HIV/Aids, Amnesty International said on World Aids Day.
Five Stanford alumni will be heading to universities in London, and Limerick, Ireland, for graduate study programs this fall.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After 25 years doing the English-language commentary for the pope's Christmas midnight Mass, U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley is stepping away from the microphone and hanging up the headphones.
Calls for an end to discrimination against sufferers rang out on World AIDS Day on Tuesday as South Africa, the country worst affected by the pandemic, rolled out a new battleplan to beat the virus.
TORIT, 2 December 2009 (IRIN) - An ancient tradition of community governance in Southern Sudan could encourage peace-building among warring communities, say researchers.
It's safe to say Wonkette, "the D.C. gossip blog," is no fan of Rick Warren. The Saddleback Church pastor's Twitter page tweet above generated the following response:Here we have the most r...
UNCA's 2009 14th Annual Awards Dinner and Dance will be held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at the UN Delegates Dining Room in New York. Guest of Honor UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present awards with prizes totaling over $40,000 to journalists from all over the world for the best media coverage of the UN and its agencies.
Never mind the eternal debate over whether money can buy happiness. Dan Austin not only has repeatedly proven it can, he also has figured out the exact price: $88. Austin,...
Ashburn Farm's early morning Thanksgiving tradition continues to grow, as nearly 2,000 runners participated in the annual 10K, 5K and Fun Run hosted by the Crossroads United Methodist Church.
Paul: My role is on the managerial and financial side, although I lived on the mine for five years when it was first developing.
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Iconic Animal Populations Being Decimated by Habitat Loss and Poaching: Climate Change Emerges As Clear Threat on WWF’S Annual Watch List (PRWeb Dec 3, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3288164.htm
Every 11 seconds, somebody in the world dies from complications related to AIDS. But members of AIDSpirit Montana are trying to change that.
University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception.Heys' research, on HIV-positive individuals and their desire to bear more children, was read by experts from all over the world who gathered last week at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kampala, Uganda.Heys, who ...
