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The journey to ensuring ‘Zero AIDS related deaths’
Eight percent of the children under 5 who die in sub-Saharan Africa die from AIDS, and 19 percent of all people living with HIV/AIDS are children. AIDS has affected and infected many lives. But through the years, science has taught us not to despair because it is an epidemic that can be controlled. This year, as we observe the World AIDS Day, we continue to focus on the theme ‘Zero AIDS related deaths’. While most people around the world only hear about it, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be worst affected by the pandemic. Burdened with a whopping 68 percent of the world’s HIV infecte
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One Reason to Stand Up for African Mothers
Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights specifically states that motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care While there are tremendous advances in the quality of healthcare in the recent past, maternal death during childbirth may seem to be a concern of the past. Yet, over 177,000 women die each year from preventable, pregnancy-related complications. According to the 2011 UN Millenium Development Goals Report, maternal mortality rate decreased by 34% between 1990 and 200
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