Drug Trials Raise Concerns
Weak regulatory frameworks in developing countries beset efforts to control complex diseases
AT A time when Africa is struggling to gain the upper hand against killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the urgency to find new drugs has seen the continent hosting more clinical trials to test the efficacy of new drugs.
A Complex Meal Easy To Consume
JUST more than three years ago, a Johannesburg-based NGO called Community AIDS Response (CARE) approached industrial chemist Basil Kransdorff with a problem.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Benefits of Nutrition Neglected In the Fight Against AIDS
At monthly support groups for children infected with the virus that causes AIDS in the hills of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ann Barnard doles out creams and antibiotics for simple HIV-related infections.
EDITORIAL: Embracing Complexity, Africa Can Advance
SCENARIOS are risky. We create them to shape decisions in business, politics, even matters of the heart. Sometimes they’re prescient, sometimes little more than suggestive.
New Money, Old Buckets Anger South Africa’s Poor
Capacity, not lack of cash, undermines Pretoria’s bid to ease poverty.
More Production, More Growth
Trevor Manuel is South Africa’s Minister of Finance and one of 17 members of the Commission for Africa. eAfrica spoke to him at the presentation of the CFA findings to 11 former African heads of state in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An Income for Life
Last year, Neo Chitombo became pregnant with her third child. Unemployed, she turned to Thari ya Basadi – an income-generating project for women living with HIV in Botswana.
Boosting African Research to Fight AIDS
IN THE global fight against HIV and AIDS, not all research is created equal. One of the most significant challenges in the field of HIV research has been adequately investigating the various forms of the human immunodeficiency virus.
EDITORIAL: Turning Rhetoric into Reality
TO RAISE awareness and fight for resources, international aid agencies and advocacy groups produce a regular flow of symbolic campaigns and supposedly seminal strategy reports.
Africa’s Parliamentarians Must Add Beef to the PAP
The mixed results from the Pan African Parliament’s (PAP) third sitting last month provide food for thought.