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Drug barons smuggle narcotics in human skulls
Daily News Tanzania
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July 10, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: SOME drug kingpins have resorted to a chilling tactic of using the bodies of deceased Tanzanians who died abroad to smuggle narcotics into the country. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA) has revealed that traffickers...
Africa’s HIV Fight Strains Under Shrinking Aid: IAS 2025 To Reveal Scale Of Crisis In Nigeria, Others
Daily Independent
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July 9, 2025
0 LAGOS – With the HIV response facing an unprecedented financial reckoning, IAS 2025—the 13th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science—is set to spotlight urgent new evidence revealing the perilous impact of global funding cuts,...
Government’s development footprints in Mangochi
The Times Group Malawi
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July 1, 2025
HOUSES COLD ROOM—Mangochi District Hospital Maternity WingWednesday, June 11, 2025. At exactly 2:30pm, four tractors are ploughing the land at Nkopola Mega Farm in Mangochi District. Surprisingly, although it is a sunny day, with the temperature...
Drug manufacturer Novartis gets nod for first malaria drug to treat babies
The Week
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In a breakthrough, drug company Novartis received approval in Switzerland for its malaria drug 'Coartem Baby', which it said was the first drug to treat babies and very young children. Novartis launched Coartem in 1999 to treat malaria, with a new...
First Ladies collaborate on global challenges, sustainability
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 10, 2025
The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has joined her counterparts from across the world to deliberate on how First Ladies can wield influence to create lasting and meaningful change, especially in the lives of women, children, and the vulnerable....
Funding cuts to HIV services across the globe have got experts sounding the alarm
OUTinPerth
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July 8, 2025
IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, and virtually from 13 to 17 July, will feature an array of studies that address the current political and financial issues affecting the HIV response, including the...
Advancing Leukemia Diagnosis and Treatment: WHO-Supported Laboratory Innovations in Africa- A Narrative Review
Dove Medical Press
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June 24, 2025
Introduction Leukemia, a hematologic cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, represents a major health challenge worldwide, including in Africa. It is a disease that, if diagnosed early, can be treated more effectively, leading to improved...
Meet the Women Behind NYC’s Buzziest Dispensaries
Harper's Bazaar
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July 9, 2025
Take a walk down just about any block in New York City nowadays and you’re bound to come across a bustling smoke shop or dispensary—and it’s no surprise that these establishments are only continuing to gain traction. But there are a handful of...
UN Warns Millions Could Die in Next 4 Years Due to Trump Cuts to HIV Funding
Common Dreams
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July 10, 2025
UNAIDS, the United Nations agency dedicated to combating the spread of HIV around the globe, has issued a dire warning about the impact of the United States slashing its funding for foreign aid. In a newly released report, the agency contends that...
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
NBC News
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June 30, 2025
More than 14 million people could die over the next five years because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to an analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet....
Research warns of rising HIV cases in Africa amid global funding cuts
Pharmaceutical Technology
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July 9, 2025
Global funding cuts, including those made by the Trump administration, are set to increase cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Africa, research suggests. At the 2025 International AIDS Society (IAS) meeting, taking place from 13 to 17...
When Life-Saving Treatment Disappears: The Coming Crisis in Child Malnutrition
Inter Press Service
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June 30, 2025
Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Global, Green Economy, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Dr. Heather Stobaugh is Associate Director of Research and Innovation, Action Against Hunger A...
Zimbabwe, Neighbours Face HIV/AIDS Crisis as US Freezes Key Funding
NGO Africa Watch
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe and its southern African neighbours are bracing for a severe HIV/AIDS funding shock after the United States abruptly froze its foreign aid programme, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The halt to US...
Malawi's largest refugee camp in crisis
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
In June, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said a funding shortfall has compelled it to scale down its operations worldwide. The measure includes some 3,500 staff cuts. In Malawi, where the UNHCR has been active since 1994, refugee camp supervisors...
Funding Cuts Reverse Global HIV Progress, Conference Reports
News Ghana
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July 9, 2025
Critical gains in HIV prevention and treatment are unravelling due to abrupt international funding reductions, researchers warned at the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science. Evidence presented reveals rising infections, stalled care, and fractured...
Malawi Soars as 13 Students Win Coveted Indonesian Scholarships
Nyasa Times
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July 9, 2025
Malawi is basking in global academic glory after 13 of its brightest students clinched fully-funded scholarships to study at leading universities in Indonesia—making it one of the biggest global beneficiaries of the prestigious Kemitraan Negara...
First Lady Canvasses Ways to Impact Real, Lasting Positive Global Change
This Day
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July 10, 2025
• Joins global colleagues at third annual first ladies’ academy in New York Deji Elumoye in Abuja Wife of the president, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has joined her counterparts across the world to map out ways in which their leadership can ensure the...
Trump’s $9.4B Spending Cuts Package Facing Deadline in Senate
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 9, 2025
The Senate this week is considering whether to pass President Donald Trump’s rescissions package of $9.4 billion in federal funding, with a deadline looming in less than 10 days. The White House has proposed a $1.1 billion reduction to the...
Sahrawi Republic highlights unique situation of Sahrawi refugees at assessment meeting of Global Refugee Forum pledges and AU humanitarian frameworks
Sahara Press Service
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Maputo (Mozambique), June 21, 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) participated in the technical meeting to assess the implementation of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum pledges and the African Union’s humanitarian frameworks,...
Trump’s $9.4B Spending Cuts Package Facing Deadline in Senate
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 9, 2025
The Senate this week is considering whether to pass President Donald Trump’s rescissions package of $9.4 billion in federal funding, with a deadline looming in less than 10 days. The White House has proposed a $1.1 billion reduction to the...