HIV and wider development issues
From weak transport networks to food shortages, a country’s wider context has a huge part to play in how individuals and communities are able to respond to HIV.
Key Correspondents document the links between HIV and wider development as a way to advocate for the economic, social and cultural empowerment of those most at risk of and living with HIV.
The volunteer teachers helping vulnerable children
Children in Magongo, Mombasa who have been robbed of their parents due to HIV have undergone stressful moments in gaining education and food to eat but thanks to the volunteer teachers they are being given hope. KC Albert reports. more
Malnutrition tightens its grip on Karamoja, Uganda
Cyclical drought and other factors has resulted in more than 297,494 children in Karamoja, Uganda being hit by severe malnutrition report KC Odong. more
Boost for Zimbabwe’s medical laboratories
The African Development Fund (ADF) through the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is to support Zimbabwe’s Control of Communicable Diseases (CD) project. more
African Development Prize launched
The King Baudouin Foundation has recently launched the King Baudouin African Development Prize, which aims to reward individuals or organizations who are making an outstanding contribution to development in Africa.
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Our correspondents are writing for change on HIV issues relating to young people, as well as drug use.