4.CORRUPTION
AFRICA: NEPAD PEER REVIEW 'VOLUNTARY'
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52449
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) peer review
mechanism (PRM) is a voluntary process and nine countries have already
signed up for the review, Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, the chairman of the
Nepad Steering Committee, said on Wednesday. "Ghana is likely to be the
first candidate of the peer review mechanism. We should appoint the
independent panel of experts in the next two months and the process
should start shortly thereafter," Nkuhlu said.
AFRICA: TRANSPARENCY CRUCIAL FOR NEPAD'S SUCCESS
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52423
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) will fail if
transparency and accountability do not form part of the process. This
was the warning from Daryl Balia, the Chairperson of Transparency
International South Africa. He was speaking to delegates at the African
Investment Forum in Johannesburg.
ANGOLA: THE ROLE OF CITIZENS IN MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES
www.wmd.org/documents/Colloquium-Recommendations.doc
The Angolan judicial system should be deeply reformed in the sense that
it should be able to fight corruption in terms of the abuse of power
and nepotism to guarantee the establishment of a State where no one is
above the law. This was one of the recommendations of a colloquium on
³The Role of the Citizens in the Management of the Country's
Resources², held in Luanda in March.
GAMBIA/NIGERIA: OIL SCAM TO BE PROBED
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52361
An alleged oil scam involving Nigerian and The Gambia is set to be
probed by the newly established Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, set up to curb corruption in the country. This Day
newspaper reports that the scam involved the Gambian government carting
away petroleum products and illegally diverting them.
KENYA: HOW WE INTEND TO ERADICATE GRAFT - CORRUPTION CZAR
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52355
Experience in other Third World nations shows that upon the election of
a new administration, an 18 to 24-month "window of opportunity" opens
up during which time public support and confidence about the future
facilitates the implementation of a range of anti-corruption measures,
said John Githongo, Kenya's Permanent Secretary for Governance and
Ethics in the Office of the President, during a keynote address to the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya last month.
TANZANIA: NOBODY CAN SUE ME, BOASTS DP BOSS
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52366
The chairman of the Democratic Party (DP), Reverend Christopher
Mtikila, says he cannot be sued for his allegations of corruption
against Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye and others unless the premier
is first brought before a court of law on criminal charges.
ZAMBIA: MISUSE OF HIPC FUNDS ALLEGED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=33346
Allegations of misuse of debt-relief funds have emerged in Zambia, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) told IRIN on Tuesday. Zambia is one
of the least developed countries which qualify for the Highly-Indebted
Poor Countries (HIPC) debt-relief programme of the IMF and World Bank.
ZAMBIA: ZAMBIAN MINISTER SACKED FOR 'FRAUD'
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=52368
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has sacked his deputy information
minister, John Mwaimba, for alleged fraud, a government spokesman has
said. Mr Mwaimba is alleged to have used a fake title deed as a
guarantee in the purchase of $300,000 worth of fertilizer.
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5.HEALTH
AFRICA: INDICATORS FOR TB CONTROL IMPROVE, BUT STILL FALL SHORT OF
GLOBAL TARGETS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304070198.html
Treatment success and case detection rates for tuberculosis (TB) have
improved appreciably in Africa since 1993 when the disease was declared
a global emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO), but the
current indicators in the region still fall short of global targets, a
WHO official has said in Harare, Zimbabwe.
AFRICA: NEW ANALYSIS DECRIES LACK OF US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL AIDS FUND
http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/analysis.html
"The fight against AIDS will need more resources from the US, with
faster delivery, than what the President is proposing," says Dr. Paul
Zeitz, Executive Director of the Global AIDS Alliance. "We will need
fast action by Republican and Democratic leaders in the US Congress to
deliver on an appropriate package for 2003 and 2004. It's very
disappointing the President (George W. Bush) is not calling for a more
rapid increase in new funding. Plus, it's troubling that the President
gives such short shrift to the Global Fund, which is fast running out
of resources."
AFRICA: RICH COUNTRIES DEPLETE AFRICAıS MEDICAL RECOURSES
http://www.health-e.org.za/view.php3?id=20030405
Conservative estimates by Wilma Meeus and David Sanders at the
University of the Western Capeıs School of Public Health show that the
United States has saved at least U$3,86-million(R30,9 million) in
training fees by employing doctors from Nigeria, which has lost 21 000
doctors to the superpower.
AFRICA: UNSAFE HEALTH CARE SPREADING HIV
This posting by the Africa Policy E-Journal of Africa Action contains
the executive summary of a new white paper from Physicians for Human
Rights, on the transmission of HIV in Africa through unsafe medical
care, including unsafe injections and blood transfusions. The paper
concludes that AIDS prevention efforts need to take into account
significant evidence that transmission through unsafe medical care has
been significantly underestimated, and urgently recommends increased
investment in adequately protecting blood supplies, preventing re-use
of needles for injections, and taking other health care precautions
that are considered standard in developed countries.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=14430
KENYA: KNUT TO LAUNCH AIDS DRUGS PLAN FOR ITS MEMBERS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304080015.html
The Kenya National Union of Teachers' (Knut) will launch a financial
scheme to help members access drugs for HIV/AIDS. The scheme is part of
Knut's efforts to fight the huge impact of the disease on its members,
secretary-general Francis Ng'ang'a announced.
MADAGASCAR: STEPPING UP HIV/AIDS EFFORTS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=33387
A special body spearheaded by the president has been created to step up
Madagascar's HIV/AIDS prevention drive. Malagasy President Marc
Ravalomanana, who is leading the initiative, will oversee a technical
committee to implement the country's HIV/AIDS campaign.
MALAWI: HIV/AIDS, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN MALAWI: BACKGROUND
TO ACTION
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=1123
The Malawi National HIV/Aids Strategic Framework 2000-2004 calls for an
expanded, multi-sectoral national response to the epidemic. However,
this article states that the capacity to respond to these calls lags
behind. In many sectors, policy making still proceeds as if HIV/Aids
never happened. Despite growing efforts, organisations involved in
agricultural research and development generally have limited
understanding of how AIDS affects agricultural systems.
SOUTH AFRICA: RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO
HIV/AIDS
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=1129
This site presents the results of a survey of business responses to
HIV/Aids in South Africa. The results are presented along subject
divisions such as prevention, treatment and care, surveillance and
monitoring, legal and human rights and company strategy.
SOUTH AFRICA: TAC MAN MAKES DYING CALL FOR WORLD SOLIDARITY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304090696.html
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) founder member Edward Mavundla, who
died on Wednesday an hour before Aids activists arrived to visit him,
made a deathbed call for world support for the organisation. "I am
urging the people all over the world to support (the) TAC to show
solidarity with South Africa -- we (the HIV-positive) are dying,"
Mavundla said on Tuesday night, shortly before he died, according to a
transcript of his last statement released by TAC lawyer Nathan Geffen
on Wednesday.
SWAZILAND: CHIEF CHALLENGES HIV/AIDS STIGMA
A Swazi chief shrugged off the stigma associated with AIDS in this
conservative country and admitted at the weekend he was HIV-positive,
surprising and pleasing activists battling the silence that often
surrounds the disease.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=14355
UGANDA: GOV'T SUBDUES GUINEA WORM
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304070170.html
An increase of safe water provision in the Guinea worm endemic
districts has reduced the number of indigenous cases from 126,369 in
1992 to five by December, 2002. There were also 17 imported cases from
the Sudan. Dr. J.B Rwakimari, programme manager of the Uganda Guinea
Worm Eradication Programme, said water coverage of 74 percent in Guinea
Worm endemic districts had contributed to the decrease.
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
AFRICA/GLOBAL: PROTECTING CHILDREN IS KEY TO THEIR HEALTH
http://www.unicef.org/newsline/2003/03pr22health.htm
As the world prepared to mark World Health Day last Monday UNICEF said
that tens of millions of children suffer long-term damage to their
health every year from exploitation, abuse, and violence - hazards that
are often overlooked in public health planning. "A well-nourished child
who is beaten at home is not a healthy child," said Carol Bellamy,
Executive Director of UNICEF.
AFRICA: OXFAM CALLS FOR WAR ON POVERTY AND ILLITERACY
http://oxfamint.cust.poptel.org.uk/eng/pr030408_educ_efa_wbimf.htm
Oxfam called this week for the worldıs top decision makers to launch a
war on poverty by increasing aid for education allowing millions of
children to receive a basic education. What we need is a war on
poverty,² said Phil Twyford, Director of Advocacy, Oxfam International,
³For much less than the price of a stealth bomber you could tackle the
education crisis in 10 of the worldıs poorest countries and get five
million children into school.²
ANGOLA: DON'T FORGET THE CHILDREN - UNICEF
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=33295
On the first anniversary of Angola's peace accord that ended 27-years
of war, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has pleaded with
the international community not to forget the southern African nation.
"As the world focuses on Iraq, now is not the time to overlook Angola,"
UNICEF Angola Representative Mario Ferrari said in a statement.
DRC: 700,000 INFANTS TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST YELLOW FEVER
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=33336
The yellow fever vaccine will be used for the first time by the
government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to inoculate
some 700,000 children in 2003, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on
Monday.
NAMIBIA: DISABLED STILL GET A RAW DEAL
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=1132
Many important services are still not accessible to people with
disabilities in Namibia, says a released report. The study found that
only about 25 per cent of Namibian schools are accessible to disabled
children while around 38, 6 per cent of disabled children older than
five years have never attended school.
SOUTH AFRICA: CHILDREN, HIV/AIDS AND COMMUNICATION IN THE COUNTRY - A
LITERATURE REVIEW
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=1128
This report aims to provide insight into issues related to
communication of HIV/Aids to children in the 3-12 year age group, with
an emphasis on South Africa. The document focuses on identifying key
issues related to children and HIV/Aids, including discrimination,
grief, knowledge, attitudes and practices. It also attempts to
determine what programmes have been implemented, both media and
non-media, with regard to children and HIV/Aids.
SOUTH AFRICA: NEW BILL WILL PRIORITISE CHILD RIGHTS
The Draft Children's Bill, to be tabled in Parliament for debate and
passage during 2003, moves away from an emphasis on the welfare needs
of children already experiencing abuse and neglect, and focuses on the
need to prevent abuse and neglect from occurring and to support
families to care for their children. Thus, poverty alleviation
strategies, an inter-departmental approach to caring for children's
survival, development and protection needs, a comprehensive social
security system, and an overall foundational commitment to the
prioritisation of children's rights are the cornerstones, according to
this briefing from the organisation Resources Aimed at the Prevention
of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=14367
ZAMBIA: NUMBER OF ORPHANS WILL RISE, SAYS KING-AKERELE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200304070142.html
The number of orphans in Zambia will rise to nearly one million by the
year 2014, UN resident co-ordinator Olubanke King-Akerele has said. And
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
executive director Carol Bellamy has said that the leadership of
countries in Southern Africa is "very thin" when it comes to fighting
HIV/AIDS.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
AFRICA/GLOBAL: INSIDE THE INSTITUTIONS: THE WORLD BANK AND GENDER
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/social/s3327gender.html
Gender is one of the World Bank's 14 "corporate advocacy priorities".
Yet a 2001 report from the Bank's Operations Evaluation Department
echoed the views of many independent commentators, finding that the
Bank had not established processes for institutionalising and
operationalising its gender policy and had not organised systematic
gender training for its staff.
AFRICA: AWARDS MADE FOR WORK IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Read the courageous stories of eleven individuals and organisations who
have been involved in the sexual and reproductive health field in
Africa and received awards on the opening day celebrations of the
African Women's Health and Rights day at the African Women's Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights Conference, held in Johannesburg in
February.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=14322
AFRICA: YOUNG GIRLS IN AFRICA CORNERED BY AIDS
http://www.iht.com/
ihtsearch.php?id=91786&owner=(IHT)&date=20030402130947
The strikingly higher infection rates among adolescent girls compared
to boys in Zambia and many other parts of Africa reveal a disturbing
trend: the AIDS epidemic is being fueled by the abuse and subordination
of young women. Sexual violence and coercion of girls is widespread,
often fuelled by intergenerational sex when men choose younger and
younger girls because they are assumed to be HIV-negative. The
increasing number of orphans created by the AIDS epidemic is
contributing to the crisis.
BENIN: WOMEN GROUPS AIM DAGGERS AT THE HEART OF ABUSE
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=17330
After her husband died, Louise Anagonou was banished from their
matrimonial home, which she and her husband had built at Ouidah, a
small town some 40 kilometres west of the commercial capital, Cotonou.
''In Benin, women are still kidnapped, forced into marriage, beaten and
raped by their husbands,'' says Genevieve Boko-Nadjo of Women in Law
and Development in Africa (WILDAF), a non-governmental organisation,
which has offices all over sub-Saharan Africa.
MALAWI: MALAWIAN WOMEN 'TOO' FERTILE
http://www.nationmalawi.com/articles.asp?articleID=4467
Malawian womenıs high fertility rate averaging 6.3 children per woman
is among the factors contributing to population increases despite
governmentıs interventions to balance population growth and available
resources, officials have said.
WOMEN DEMAND MAJOR SAY IN AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/oneworld/20030407/
wl_oneworld/13343_1049740503&e=1&ncid=655
As African leaders and business executives gather in South Africa's
commercial capital Johannesburg on Monday for a three-day dialogue
within the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), African
businesswomen say the ²gender blind² blueprint needs a major overhaul
to benefit women.
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