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HIV/AIDS message on the streets of Sal island, Cape Verde PRAIA, 11 September 2009 (PlusNews) - People living with HIV in Cape Verde are worried that the HIV/AIDS programme may be disrupted by a change in funders. The World Bank pulled out in June after supporting the programme for seven years, and a US$5.3 million grant from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has not yet arrived. The government was hoping to sign a contract with the Global Fund in September to complete the transition, but "Negotiations have yet to be concluded and there is no confirmation on when the donation will be made official," said Marcela Rojo, the Global Fund's spokesperson in Geneva. "We are worried," said Daniel Delgado, president of the Esperança ("Hope" in Portuguese) Association, an NGO in the municipality of Santa Cruz, on... [read full story]
Nuclear firm Westinghouse expected to appoint Shaw Group to lead its construction programme Thousands of jobs that were to have been created in Britain to build the next generation of nuclear power plants could be heading...
• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks • Survey shows more than 50% of voters back plan Gordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows...
Published Date: 23 November 2009 The Tories have jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling "Deadwood". A poster campaign features the faces of the Prime Minister and Chancellor imposed on a...
Two rivers in Preston have been placed on flood watch after heavy rain swelled water levels. The Environment Agency confirmed the Lower River Ribble at Samlesbury and the River Darwen around Preston, Walton-le-Dale, High...
