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Africa reduced poverty due to ... camel milk
Camel milk has long been recognized as a health food and can make an important contribution to poverty reduction in the localities where these animals are raised.
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South Africa: simultaneously circumcised to fight HIV / AIDS!
A conference on AIDS prevention in South Africa last week called for a series of mass circumcision after studies showed that this would reduce the rate of HIV infection…
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New vaccine is cheap for Africa
Europe's largest pharmaceutical company GSK has announced the production of cheap vaccines for African countries: Globorix vaccine helps prevent meningitis.
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Launch of HIV vaccine trial in Africa
South Africa has one of the most severe epidemics in the world. It is reported that the first large-scale HIV vaccine trial will begin in South Africa.
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South Africa: Life expectancy has decreased by 13 years due to HIV / AIDS
The average life expectancy of South Africans has decreased by 13 years compared to 1990, the research results of the Medical Research Council and the South African Soci…
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Drug-resistant TB spreads in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the spread of XDR-TB after the South Africa reported more than 300 human infections in the country yesterday.
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The number of HIV infections increased in Africa
A new report by UNAids said the sub-Saharan region of Africa is the place where the HIV / Aids epidemic is the worst. Nearly three-quarters of 2006 AIDS deaths are occur…
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HIV 'relatives' cause pandemic in African monkeys
A virus that is related to HIV is spreading on a large scale in African gorillas. The culprit infecting them could be chimpanzees, the French scientists announced.
Antibiotic resistance
Unexpectedly found a new antibiotic when studying ants in Africa
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Flu epidemic
Detection of H1N1 flu virus in animals
Scientific experts at the University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA and its colleagues discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa.
Flu epidemic
APEC, Africa and the Middle East strengthen bird flu alert
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa and the Middle East have increased their alertness to bird flu after the deadly virus has recently been found in many Europe…
Flu epidemic
Africa at risk of avian influenza
Experts warn Africa will be the next point of attack for bird flu. There are even rumors that bird flu is killing many chickens in an African village ...
Science invention
This simple idea has saved tens of thousands of poor Africans
Many people believe that great things come from big inventions, using a lot of researcher's effort. Even so, products that have a great influence on human life sometimes…
Science invention
Schoolgirls make generators that run on urine
Four Nigerian girls surprised many by introducing a urine-powered generator in Lagos, South Nigeria.
Science invention
'Engineer' in the African field
A new 6-year-old farmer makes rice-based rice-seeding machines running around in the fields. Experts in Africa considered signing a contract to buy the machine immediate…