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  • South Africa: Serious shortage in antirevtroviral funding

    South Africa: Serious shortage in antirevtroviral funding

    June 21, 2009 By IRIN

    A one-billion rand (US$123 million) shortfall in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral (ARV) programme could jeopardise treatment programmes as soon as September, a health expert has warned.

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  • Climate change brings new diseases

    Climate change brings new diseases

    June 21, 2009

    BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - As its name suggests, the West Nile virus, a leading cause of a form of meningitis and a neuro-invasive disease, has until recently been reported mostly in tropical and sub-tropical African...

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  • LGBT civil rights groups score another victory

    LGBT civil rights groups score another victory

    June 21, 2009

    A US Census Bureau spokesperson reportedly told reporters this past week that his organization intends to count officially the number of same-sex married couples for the 2010 census. Steve Jost of the Bureau told reporters Friday,...

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  • Albany coup dtat: Whos to blame?

    Albany coup dtat: Whos to blame?

    June 20, 2009

    Last year, New Yorkers elected a Democratic-majority state Senate, the first time in more than 40 years, bringing an end to Republican-control of all three branches of state government. Hopes for reform were dashed — or...

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  • Unions, allies to rally in Washington for health care

    Unions, allies to rally in Washington for health care

    June 20, 2009

    WASHINGTON (PAI)--There’s a mass march on Washington for health care, after all, on June 25. Unionists from around the country are set to descend that day on the nation’s Capital to demand universal, quality, affordable health...

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