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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation camp Africa New Director

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation annoncé Cheikh Oumar Seydi as the new Africa Director. He along at a critical time for the Foundation's work in Africa. Seydi, Senegalese national has, along the Gates Foundation from the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation (IFC), Where He Was the regional director for sub-Saharan Africa, based in Nairobi.  He served as également IFC's director for eastern and southern Africa and have icts global director of human resources covering IFC's worldwide offices. Originally He joined the IFC in 1997 as an investment officer. In His role as Sub-Saharan regional director for IFC Seydi managed the corporation's investment and advisory operations covering the Region's 49 countries. In 2018, the Africa Region est devenu IFC's Largest annual investment program, reaching $ 6.2 trillion in long-term investments, Including more than $ 4 trillion leveraged from other institutions for the private sec

Health workers who steal government drugs are responsible for some deaths- Minister Aceng

Health workers who steal government drugs are responsible for some deaths- Minister Aceng By Hope Mafaranga The minister of health Dr. Jane Aceng has said some of the deaths that happen in Uganda, have been contributed by health workers who steal government drugs from health facilities. The minister made the remarks on Friday during the launch of a $10.3 million Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system at the National Medical Stores (NMS) headquarters, Entebbe in Wakiso district.  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the 5 year ERP system software that will be used by NMS to manage procurement, warehouse management and drug distribution. The system will also help health facilities to manage daily businesses including accounting, procuring and ordering drugs from NMS and project management. The disappointed minister said, it was so sad and painful to see people die as a result of drug shortage yet government procures them to save the lives

Getting to the heart of stigma

The early days of the HIV epidemic gave rise to two epidemics: one that was viral in nature and another composed of fear, loathing and blame. Three decades into the epidemic, it remains clear: HIV and AIDS doesn't discriminate; People do. Since AIDS first appeared, we’ve made considerable progress in reducing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. But our lack of progress in combatting the epidemic of stigma, discrimination and social exclusion undermines our efforts addressing the diagnosis of HIV, and treatment and care of people living with the virus. The persistence of stigma in the context of HIV also causes immense human hardship and diminishes us as a global community. Since the beginnings of the HIV epidemic, there has been a tendency to conflate stigma and discrimination. However, while the two are related, they are also distinct. Stigma is a social phenomenon that elevates certain groups over others and steadily devalues entire groups of people. Yet, looking b

Fuelling the Global Fund

Fuelling the Global Fund The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced the fundraising target for its next 3 year replenishment cycle “The single most important public health measure of 2019. The investment case was launched in Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron and calls for US$14 billion of donations largely from national governments in wealthy countries to cover the Global Fund’s sixth investment period of 2020–22. The $14 billion is just part of an estimated $83 billion that needs to be spent to fight the diseases over the 3 year period, most of which will come from domestic government budgets in affected countries. The full investment case will be presented at a meeting in New Delhi, India, on Feb 8, 2019, and France will host the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment Conference in Lyon on Oct 10, 2019. The Global Fund was established in 2002 to support affected countries