Injectable HIV-prevention drug to be made in South Africa for the first time
Indian drug company to make cheaper generic version of CAB-LA, potentially protecting millions of people in Africa from the virus An affordable version of a...
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Malawi’s Rastafarian children return to school after ban on dreadlocks is lifted
Schools told to honour court order as families seek compensation and training for pupils who missed education because of their hair About 1,200 Rastafarian children...
Sudan medical volunteers detained after being seized from ambulance
Mohamed Ahmed and Mohamed Jamal went missing last week while working to reopen a hospital in Bahri Activists in Sudan have expressed outrage after two...
Met police investigate more organ trafficking cases in UK
Modern slavery team reveals further allegations of people being trafficked to London for body parts The Metropolitan police is investigating more cases of organ trafficking...
Child marriage in decline – but will take 300 years to eliminate
UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each year The number of child marriages...
IMF calls for ‘another Gleneagles moment’ on debt relief and aid
Package similar to 2005 deal needed as struggling African countries suffer severe funding squeeze, says official Western countries need to put together a debt relief...
Children face acute risk amid Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak
The disease, which has killed 1,500 people since last March, has been aggravated by heavy rains and an overburdened health system Malawi’s cholera outbreak is...
Canadian government urged to test sick patients for herbicide
Patients in New Brunswick with array of symptoms ‘show signs of exposure to glyphosate’, says neurologist A neurologist who believes his patients are suffering from...
Help world’s poor as well as Ukraine, say faith charities as pope visits South Sudan
An open letter, backed by opinion poll, urges the UK to restore aid budget on eve of a three-day ‘pilgrimage for peace’ in the east...
Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp as malnutrition numbers soar
MSF charity reports 33% rise in malnourished patients at giant Dadaab complex after influx from drought-stricken Somalia Malnutrition among children in one of the world’s...
