1 June 2009

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Domestic workers often do more than housework

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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - When Nora Adhiambo, 21, started working as a housekeeper for a family in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, she expected to cook, clean and look after their young children; not that she would have to regularly have sex with her employer.

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June 1, 2009

Basic healthcare crucial to beating HIV, study

Health Systems

NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - Providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services at well-equipped local clinics could be the key to success in fighting the pandemic in the developing world, a new report by the international anti-poverty NGO, ActionAid, has said.

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June 1, 2009

Prevention efforts and infection patterns mismatched

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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - In at least five African countries, scarce resources are being spent on national HIV prevention campaigns that do not reach the people most at risk of infection, new research has found.

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June 1, 2009

Decriminalizing sex work only half the battle

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JOHANNESBURG: (IRIN) - Proposals to decriminalize sex work in South Africa have been moved back to the front burner after the newly installed premier of the country's richest province, Gauteng, remarked that the issue should be addressed "objectively and with an open mind". A review of the current legislation is underway.

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June 1, 2009

Fix state hospitals before introducing NHI

Health Systems

Health-e will for the next few weeks publish opinion pieces from various stakeholders and experts on National Health Insurance. Anso Thom sets the scene with the first contribution with Dr Jonathan Broomberg, Discovery Health's head of strategy and risk management.