http://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/219 2009-11-21T02:15:33-08:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpg © Inter Press Servicehttp://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/11/16/35212009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

<p>Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB.</p>

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<p>It is one of the world’s oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet’s nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution. </p>

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<p>The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a 'gay' way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law.</p>

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<p>Fifteeen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/30/33352009-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

<p>Global health and U.S. AIDS activists are hailing President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that the government will end a 22-year-old ban on the entry into the United States of HIV-positive visitors.</p>

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<p>Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive.</p>

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<p>The United Nation Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) claims that Kenya has more drug users than any other East African country. UNODC estimates there are 100,000 cocaine users, 200,000 using opiates like heroin and four million who smoke cannabis.</p>

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<p>The possibility that a vaccine could soon be developed to fight the deadly HIV virus has the scientific community brimming with hope and excitement, but there is also disagreement about how effective it could be in the global war against AIDS.</p>

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<p>It was, Malawian police say, a routine sweep for criminals at one of the country’s busiest border posts. They were looking for criminals.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/10/02/30142009-10-02T00:00:00-07:00

<p>At an age when most 20-year-olds dream of living a perfect life, Kousalya Periasamy found hers shaken by personal tragedies.</p>