Fighting HIV/AIDS in Zambia
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under AIDS, Africa
20% of the entire Zambian population has AIDS, according to the 2006 Global Report on the Epidemic. The illness affects more women than men in sub-Sahara Africa. With half of the Zambian population under the age of 15, it has been estimated that there are 710,000 AIDS orphans in the nation. Faced […]
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Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under Africa
As a big admirer of TED, I was really pleased to get this email today from the organization. Although the recently held TEDAfrica event was billed as a one time event, it was so popular they just had to bring it back.
For those who have never been to a TED conference or haven’t downloaded […]
Fighting back in Zambia against HIV/AIDS
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under AIDS, Africa
As HIV/AIDS roars through Africa, how does government respond to such a crisis? In Zambia, starting in 2004, they banned condom distribution in all schools. Today, more and more young people of this African nation are afflicted with the virus.
iConflict friend and contributor Henry Namwenda of Zambia gave us some interesting information (as […]
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