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August 8, 2003	Dr. John Kiwanuka Ssemakula Senate Hearing -Safe Healthcare Written testimony	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,	Dr. John Kiwanuka Ssemakula's written testimony submitted to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate: "Solutions to the Problem of Health Care Transmissions of HIV/AIDS in Africa"	pdf	1
August 8, 2003	Dr. Anne Peterson testimony to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions	Dr. Anne Peterson (USAID)	Dr. Anne Peterson testimony to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate: "Solutions to the Problem of Health Care Transmissions of HIV/AIDS in Africa"	pdf	0
August 8, 2003	John Stover's testimony to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions	John Stover (Futures Group)	John Stover's testimony to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate: "Solutions to the Problem of Health Care Transmissions of HIV/AIDS in Africa"	pdf	0
June 23, 2003	Reducing Maternal Deaths In Africa	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Women have been producing children from the beginning of time. Childbirth is one of the natural miracles of the world. But in Africa too often the birth of a child becomes an occasion for grief due to the death of the mother and /or baby. Over 250,000 African women die from pregnancy related complications every year.	pdf	4
June 12, 2003	The Missing Link.doc	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Could this be the missing link The article entitled �The Spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa through Unsafe Medical Care" implies that Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis may be fuelled as much or more by unsafe medical practices as by unsafe sex. Briefly, the authors say that the evidence available from an exhaustive review of research does not support the standard assumption that over 90% of HIV/AIDS in African adults is from heterosexual intercourse.	word	5
April 22, 2003	Disease surveillance, outbreaks and emerging diseases in Africa - Not always Out of Africa.	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,	For the past few weeks the world�s attention has been riveted by the emergence of yet another new disease to threaten mankind. But this time it is not from out of Africa	pdf	10
April 17, 2003	WHO/AFRO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Bulletin	WHO/AFRO	WHO Regional Office for Africa Vaccine Preventable Diseases Bulletin	pdf	5
March 19, 2003	Maama Kit brochure	WHO	The Maama Kit Campaign is an initiative of the World Health Organisation and Links Inc, to help reduce the pregnancy related deaths to women and children in Africa. Each kit costs $5.00	word	4
January 7, 2003	AIDS, Public Health, And Innovative Policy Intervention In African Development	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,	At 21 years old, entering its third decade the HIV AIDS epidemic is no longer just a �health� problem: Conflict and security, slowed economic growth and development, famine and food security, social breakdown and orphans. None of these would be considered �health� problems, yet the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been implicated in each of these different problems. Wherever AIDS is found it, whatever problem it interacts with, the HIV/AIDS epidemic magnifies, compounds and greatly worsens the problems. First presented at the Journal of International Affairs, Columbia University , Oct 2002, & the Institute of African Studies, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, Dec 2002	pdf	35
December 23, 2002	Africa Health Analysis� selected data from World Health Report 2002	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,	In 2002 communicable diseases continued to be the main causes of death in Africa. Five conditions accounted for over 50% of all deaths, HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections, Malaria, diarrhoeal diseases and childhood diseases.	pdf	26
October 26, 2002	The Impact of the 9/11 Attacks on HIV/AIDS Care in Africa and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria�	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	The September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA sent shockwaves throughout the world. The World Bank said the events of September 11 were likely to have mid to long term negative effects in some countries and donor assistance to Africa could be affected. The terrorist attacks also had the effect of bringing up the issue of security and the potential threat the HIV/AIDS epidemic poses to international security especially in Africa. This article examines some of the effects of the September 11 attacks on the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa and their implications.	pdf	55
October 26, 2002	HIV infections in sub-Sahara Africa not explained by sexual or vertical transmission	David Gisselquist,	Many studies report HIV infections in African adults with no sexual exposure to HIV and in children with HIV-negative mothers. Unexplained high rates of HIV incidence have been observed in African women during antenatal and postpartum periods. Many studies show 20%-40% of HIV infections in African adults associated with injections (though direction of causation is unknown).	pdf	18
October 25, 2002	Framework for the Continuum of AIDS Care	Peel / Mbayane	A chart showing a framework for the continuum of AIDS care. It illustrates graphically the fight against HIV/AIDS must be fought on all fronts	pdf	52
August 12, 2002	A Deadly Embrace: Famine and AIDS in Southern Africa	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	It seems that the four horsemen of the apocalypse Death, War, Pestilence (disease) and Famine have come to visit Southern Africa.	word	16
July 4, 2002	Interview with Dr Elizabeth Musaba founder of Empilisweni Woodslands Centre for AIDS Prevention	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula		word	1
July 1, 2002	Funding The Fight Against AIDS	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Alongside the fight to save millions of people from dying from AIDS, the struggle to ensure adequate funds for the fight against AIDS goes on. Despite recent progress on efforts to secure more money, funding still falls far short of what is required.	word	7
May 31, 2002	No longer asleep - Africa Sleeping Sickness is back	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Sleeping Sickness is back to threaten millions	word	5
May 30, 2002	Losing our educators	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	The alarming loss of teachers has caught the attention of African governments and aid agencies. This is not the first time such headlines have hit the news, but people have been slow to react.	word	6
May 29, 2002	Extending the capacity of Africa�s health services	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Nowhere is there greater pressure on health systems than in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).	word	6
May 10, 2002	Management of halitosis/oral malodor in primary care	Herbert Mukiibi Kiwanuka, Medical Officer,Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital Manzini, Swaziland�	Halitosis or oral malodor is a common problem in daily practice that is a cause of significant personal and social distress not only to the sufferers but also people around them.A review of current literature resources reveals that there is a resurgence of interest in the management of this problem that was originally ignored	word	6
May 1, 2002	HIV epidemic compounded by starvation in Zimbabwe	Dr Sam L J Page, Zimbabwe	Living with AIDS	word	5
April 22, 2002	War and Epidemics	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	War has long been associated with disease outbreaks by creating the conditions necessary for epidemics	word	11
March 27, 2002	Hope for River Blindness	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	A breakthrough in new research into Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) has brought New Hope to millions of sufferers of the debilitating disease.	word	1
March 24, 2002	African Health Problems, African Solutions	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	An article in the BMJ states that with sufficient will and commitment, Africa can successfully address its own health problems.	word	12
November 15, 2001	Double standards TRIPS over drug patents	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula		word
November 15, 2001	The HIV/AIDS controversy in South Africa - The MRC report	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	The controversy on HIV/AIDS in South Africa still rumbles on with the government coming under severe criticism for its stance and refusal to come outright saying that AIDS is caused by HIV and people should take steps to protects themselves.	word	2
July 4, 2001	Hanging men is not the answer	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	After years of remaining silent on the HIV issue in Kenya (for fear of jeopardising the tourist trade) Moi has spoken out saying "Hang the men who spread HIV/AIDS	word	2
June 3, 2001	HIV/AIDS is not Africa's only problem	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,		word	12
May 24, 2001	cheap theory of relativity or a relative theory of cheapness	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	The drug companies have been forced into a humiliating climb down over their defence of high cost HIV drugs. Now HIV anti-retroviral drugs will be available at cost, or at least heavily discounted prices. Now all that remains is to get them to the people who need them the most.	word	1
April 9, 2001	Cheaper drugs for HIV/AIDS in Africa: What happens next? Suggested strategies for distributing HIV drugs	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula	Now that there is the prospect of cheap drugs becoming more available in Africa, it is important that the drugs reach the people who need them the most. The next step is to look at how African governments will ensure that life saving drugs get to the people who need them. How will governments ensure equitable access, availability, continued supply to meet the demand?	word	11
March 21, 2001	Cheaper drugs for HIV/AIDS in Africa	John Kiwanuka Ssemakula,	Pharmaceutical companies under intense public criticism and political pressure, as well as competition from generic drug manufacturers in Brazil and India have caved in.	word	7