netsquared.org - 11/3/2009
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Mobile technology has yet not been widely used as a low cost, high-impactway to address the dangerous co-epidemic of HIV and multi-drug resistant TB. We live at a time when mobile devices are changing people’s lives around the globe. Text-messaging, which can be received at no cost in South ...
veggierevolution.blogspot.com - 10/29/2009
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The Swazi chief in the center, surrounded by
her family and, on the far right, our friend...
Sonny I was intrigued by a story I saw in Science News recently about circumcision and its effect on HIV. Africa has been impacted by HIV more than any other continent. In 2007 and 2009, my ...
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New studies confirm that circumcision saves lives
globalvoicesonline.org - 25 days ago
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As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its
40th anniversary this month, premiering its new season today,...
one cute and cuddly Muppet on its South African edition continues to help combat and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. While Sesame Street is seen in over 140 countries , each ...
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South Africa: Sesame Street's HIV-Positive Muppet Raises ...
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A Solar Powered Blanket Creates Cell Phone-Powered Health Care for Africans
TreeHugger —
Image via Portable Light iTEACH Blanket Project Page
Sounds like a strange mix, but a blanket that sports solar power could help improve health care in Africa by allowing those people without electricity to charge cell phones, which are used to send and receive text messages with health information for people with HIV and Tuberculosis. It's called the ...
Portable Light iTEACH Blanket to help enlighten Africans with info on HIV and TB
Green Diary —
... Well, it’s not as straight to grasp as it seems to be. In fact, what the Portable Light iTEACH Blanket proposes to bring about follows a via-path. The blanket will help native South Africans to charge their cellphones that will later spread the green word via text messages, providing health info on HIV and Tuberculosis. ...
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