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Millions at risk if AIDS focus fades: expert

KWAZULU NATAL, 9 February 2010 (Defenceweb) - Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and that means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, a leading expert said.

Namibia: Health sector plans for 2010

WINDHOEK, 9 February 2010 (New Era) - For the next five years, the health sector has set its target to become the leading public provider of quality health and social welfare services in Africa.

Botswana youth get World Bank funding

GABORONE, 9 February 2010 (Afrol News) - The World Bank has awarded P1 million (about $100,000) to Botswana artists for the project aimed at encouraging behavioural change among youth and adults in Francistown. The young artists had submitted a funding proposal through the National AIDS Coordinating Agency last year.

Obama condemns Uganda anti-gay bill as 'odious'

LONDON, 5 February 2010 (BBC) - US President Barack Obama has criticised as "odious" proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda. The bill calls for long jail terms or the death penalty in some cases of homosexual intercourse.

Commemorating 2010 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

Population Reference Bureau - (February 2010) An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone. FGM/C is generally performed on girls between ages 4 and 12, although it is practiced in some cultures as early as a few days after birth or as late as just prior to marriage. FGM/C poses serious physical and mental health risks for women and young girls.

South Africa: Zuma Breaks Silence On Fatherhood

JOHANNESBURG, 5 February 2010 (allAfrica.com) - President Jacob Zuma yesterday broke his silence and acknowledged having a relationship and fathering a child with Sonono Khoza, the daughter of his friend, Irvin Khoza, who is also chairman of Orlando Pirates Football Club and the 2010 local organising committee.
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