The Daily IIJ

Multi-stakeholders including the United States, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates governments and 13 pharmaceutical companies have joined forces to eliminate some 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. Others are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank with some other global health organizations. Read more http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2012/01/multi-stakeholders-join-forces-to-fight.html

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December 14, 2011 FROM Newton Sibanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A major report on all aspects of mining in Africa will be launched on the sidelines of the on going Conference of Ministers Responsible for Mineral Resources Development in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa tomorrow. Titled ‘Minerals and Africa’s Development, the report was compiled by [...]

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FROM Newton Sibanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CITIZENS for a Better Environment (CBE) executive director Peter Sinkamba says African governments need to protect communities who resort to litigation against mining firms by making it mandatory for governmentts to indemnify them against costs if they lost their cases in court. “We also need to develop quantum [...]

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A four time Presidential aspirant of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Dr. Edward Mahama has waded into the controversial debate over the feasibility of the proposed one time premium payment for the National Health Insurance Scheme by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the move could be a recipe for disaster in the future. [...]

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November 19, 2011 By NEWTON SIBANDA LUSAKA, Zambia-IN a landmark judgment, the Lusaka High Court has ordered Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to pay K10billion (US$2million) to 2000 Chingola residents on Zambia’s Copperbelt for polluting the Mushishima river. The Mushishima is a tributary of the Kafue River, which accounts for about 40 percent of Zambia’s domestic [...]

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December 3, 2011 By NEWTON SIBANDA LUSAKA, Zambia- GERMANY has given Zambia K592 billion (Euro 87.1 million) as continued financial support to programmes aimed at improving water supply and sanitation, poverty reduction and decentralization of the local government system. Out of the total amount, K219.6 billion will go towards improving water supply and sanitation while [...]

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The World Food Programme (WFP) is joining millions of people today to mark the World AIDS Day, stressing the importance of providing food and nutrition assistance to people living with HIV and undergoing the antiretroviral treatment (ART). Continue reading http://www.globalnewsreel.com/2011/12/wfp-marks-hivaids-day-with-emphasis-on.html

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Government high officials, experts and many other major actors of the battle against HIV/AIDS, coming from all over the world, met on November 21st, 2011 in Berlin to discuss on news strategies about HIV prevention. At the occasion, Reverend Johannes-Petrus Mokgethi-Heath declared that laws discriminate infected people more than they protect them. By Minakpon Stanislas [...]

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Berlin, Germany. “I take my status as a person living positively with HIV as a huge gift from God. It demands of me to see that I have an inherent dignity as God’s creation,” Reverend Johannes-Petrus Mokgethi-Health said. A very unusual attitude from a Reverend as Church representatives tends to see HIV infections as a [...]

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Malawi is among 12 countries in Africa that have significantly reduced HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic, according to the UNAIDS 2011 report. The report was unveiled during an HIV High level and Experts Conference held in the Germany’s Capital Berlin under the theme “Health. Right. Now! HIV Prevention without Barriers”. UNAIDS Executive [...]

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