African health ministers held to account for their AIDS plan
Ministers of Health and representatives from 21 sub-Saharan African countries most hit with new HIV infections in children were summoned in Geneva to report on their plans to achieving zero new HIV infections in children by 2015 and find ways of stepping up action. The meeting, which came in the sidelines of the ongoing World [...]
Africa still bears the brunt of Malaria episodes
An estimated 3 million lives can be saved between now and 2015, if the global malaria community remains focused on its 2015 targets for near-zero malaria deaths. On World Malaria Day RBM partners cross Africa held commemorations to spotlight the progress made so far and stress the need for increased political and financial support for [...]
MSF calls for increased funding for HIV treatment at Africa AIDS conference
As Africa’s AIDS conference convenes in Addis Ababa tomorrow, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat because of a massive funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. At the same time, recent scientific evidence shows [...]
2011: Children’s Rights a Year in Review
Summary of the Past Year 2011 has surely been a year of trial and tribulations for children across the globe struggling for freedom and their basic human rights. I wish I could write and say that 2011 was the year that we abolished child trafficking, child marriage, prevented children dying from preventable childhood diseases and [...]
Over 2.6 Billion people without access to basic sanitation – UNICEF Rep
The country representative of UNICEF to The Gambia, Mrs Aichatou Diawara-Flambert, has disclosed that more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation services, something she said many people take for granted. Madam Diawara-Flambert’s statement was read on her behalf by Sally Sadie-Singhateh at the 4th annual Global Hand Washing Day celebrated [...]
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