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A new internal evaluation report of the  World Bank says that most of the institution’s projects aimed at combating Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) failed to perform satisfactorily over the past decade, with the ones in Africa, the region at the epicenter of the pandemic, registering the worst record.

Coordinated HIV/TB efforts can make a difference, Mario Raviglione, director of the WHO’s Stop TB Department says.

Continuing dialogue with a range of community stakeholders and government leadership in allowing nurses to perform voluntary male circumcision and shifting some tasks to non-physician clinicians are key lessons participants at the ongoing AIDS meeting in Vienna, Austria mule to adapt to other African countries.

Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute have shown that rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria infection can provide valuable support for healthcare in low and mid-income countries in the fight against the disease.

Kenya has enough stock of condoms to last 2012, the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) says.

An expert has called on African countries to adopt genetic modification of agricultural biotechnology to ensure high yield