Thyolo District

Malawi: HIV drugs used to ferment local gin

The free anti-retroviral drugs being provided by the Malawian government are being used to ferment maize husks in the brewing process of a traditional gin - Kachasu. Zione Enock a Kachasu, a brewer from Thyolo revealed the ARVs...

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Africa: Africa - Donors Retreating On Aids

"After almost a decade of progress in rolling out AIDS treatment we have seen substantial improvements, both for patients and public health. But recent funding cuts mean doctors and nurses are being forced to turn HIV patients...

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Punishing Success In Tackling AIDS

A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report released today by the international...

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Medical aid group warns that donors will cut back on AIDS funding worldwide

By DONNA BRYSON , Associated Press Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits JOHANNESBURG - The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are...

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Teen age prostitution on the rise in Malawi

Faith wiggles her waist tantalizingly, attracting all the masculine attention at Izo Izo bar in Malawi's ramshackle township of Mbayani. Mbayani lies quietly, but densely populated anyway, some half kilometers from the hub of...

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American Charity Works to Uplift Lives in Rural Communities in Malawi

In Malawi, an American NGO, “Bola Moyo-Malawi,“ is working to improve the skills and training of the underprivileged. Projects Manager Desiree Cooper says Bola Moyo, which means “Better Life” in the national language, Chichewa,...

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Using Google Earth to Find New Wildlife Habitat

Scientists Now Exploring the Largest Rainforest in Southern Africa Civil unrest in Mozambique helped prevent exploitation of Mount Mabu, which was discovered using Google Earth satellite imagery. A team of scientists supported...

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Africa: Beating the Effects of Climate Change

document An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Overall, the world’s agricultural potential is less than 60 per cent exploited: there is still enough land to feed everyone,...

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Malawi: Ordinary Citizens Seize the Initiative

Johannesburg — Ordinary Malawians are not waiting for government to step up its plan to adapt to climate change, says a new report, The Winds of Change: Climate change, poverty and the environment in Malawi. The report by the...

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Madonna's new daughter 'heading to London' (ABC)

Madonna's adopted Malawian daughter has flown out of the country to join the pop star, a Lilongwe airport official said. "Mercy James left Malawi to join Madonna on Friday night," the official said, adding that the...

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