Africa Is Not The Only Continent Struggling Against AIDS
Africa has been the nation of high discussion during the G8 Summit. WHO has started its campaign “Treat 3 Million by 2005”. WHO started its campaign “3 by 5” antiretroviral campaign prior to the G8 Summit in order to mount increased pressure on rich countries to provide more funds and importance to AIDS treatment in Africa.// But due to high profile of Africa’s dire problems overshad...Chikungunya Fever: French Government struggling to Tackle the Mosquito Menace
Paris: The French government is bracing itself to tackle a crippling disease which is a very rare type of fever called the Chikungunya Fever, known to be spread by mosquitoes// . This fever has already hit La Reunion island and poses a risk of entering into France. According to the French Health Minister, Bertrand, Chikungunya fever, has already infected one fifth of La Reunion's popula...Sexually Abused Males Found Struggling In heir relations with Healthcare Providers
New studies by Canadian researchers show that the male survivors of childhood sexual abuse face distinctive challenges that are not recognized and understood// many health care practitioners as well as they should. The researchers found that though both male and female childhood sexual survivors usually exhibit kinds of similar anxieties and fears about their encounters with health care p...Zambia Struggling To Identify AIDS Sufferers
Zambia's National AIDS Council (NAC) program Director Alex Simwanza has called on people to get into the Voluntary Counseling and Testing //(VCT) if they had to combat HIV/AIDS in the country. "Currently, statistics show that despite our high sustained prevalence levels HIV infection which is 16 percent, only 1.5 million of our (10 million) population have been tested, which is too lo...Organic Farms Provide a Clue for India's Struggling Farms
As India struggles to deal with stagnation in its crucial agricultural sector, small-scale organic farming initiatives near the capital are providing clues on how to reap healthy profits from the land. Many farmers in India, where more than 70 percent of the people depend on the land, eke out a living -- or else fall steadily into debt -- trying to grow water, fertiliser and pestici...