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		<title>Blogging for TB: Real stories of people living with tuberculosis</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2011/07/blogging-for-tb-real-stories-of-people-living-with-tuberculosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; TB&#38;ME [multidrug-resistant tuberculosis]  it is a collaborative blogging project supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres is designed to give multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) sufferers a platform where they can share their experiences.   Over the coming months and years MSF will be conducting advocacy around TB and MDR-TB  with the aim and hope that through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMSHeR: Addressing vulnerability of MSM and M2F Trans Women to HIV</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/04/amsher-addressing-vulnerability-of-msm-and-m2f-trans-women-to-hiv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSHeR is the regional coalition of MSM/LGBT led organizations and other organizations (Mainstream HIV and Human Rights Organizations) that work to address the vulnerability of MSM and Male-to-female transgender women to HIV. AMSHeR is currently made up of 15 organizations from 13 Countries (Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexuality discourses in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2010/04/sexuality-discourses-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kavinya Makau and Zawadi Nyong’o, discuss some of the issues raised at the recent Conference on Sexual Health and Rights held in Addis Ababa. Mention sex in most places on the African continent and you are likely to be met with questioning glances. Most quietly wonder ‘What is this person up to?’ Venture into speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic waste dumped in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/02/toxic_waste_dumped_in_africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rethabile</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toxic waste Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tonnes of toxic waste from municipal dumps in the West are being dumped illegally in countries like Nigeria and Ghana, an investigation has found. Hundreds of thousands of broken items like TVs and computers are being sold to dealers on the pretext of re-use. Under EU law, such household appliances must be dismantled or recycled. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Completely Abolish U.S. HIV Travel Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/09/completely_abolish_us_hiv_travel_ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kameelah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Diaspora]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION! Completely Abolish U.S. HIV Travel Ban: Please write your Representative now! Dear Friend, Recently we celebrated the passage into law of H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (PL 110-293), which reauthorized the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex workers to be excluded from PEPFAR funding</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/02/sex_workers_to_be_excluded_from_pepfar_funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/02/sex_workers_to_be_excluded_from_pepfar_funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[URGENT ACTION NEEDED. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is requiring organisations in the global south receiving US funding to sign an &#8220;anti-prostitution&#8221; pledge in order to receive funds. This is outrageous, discriminatory and will create even more problems for AIDS programmes and people living with HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR has now become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk Left? Walk Right?  South Africa Turns the Tap Water off for Poor People</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/talk_left_walk_right_south_africa_turns_the_tap_water_off_for_poor_people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/talk_left_walk_right_south_africa_turns_the_tap_water_off_for_poor_people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kameelah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some argue that the 25-litre threshold for free basic water is too low. Supplies in some areas have been erratic, forcing households to collect water from far away. Moreover, government pricing policies have led to supply cutoffs for nonpayment in some areas, raising concerns about affordability. Progress in sanitation has been less impressive than in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breast Cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/10/breast_cancer_/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/10/breast_cancer_/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October is breast cancer month &#8211; the month to remember breast cancer, something I had forgotton. Not the cancer but the month. There are a couple of post on Nigerian blogs (Bella Naija and the World According to Adure). It&#8217;s great that the awareness around breast and cervical cancer is increasing but I cant help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 of 1/2 million</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/1_of_12_million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/1_of_12_million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scribbles from the Den has two posts (from the New York Times) on the Death of Prudence which highlights the disregard for the poorest of the poor by both the West and the donor recipients countries &#8211; in this instance Cameroon. Prudence, 24, was from a small village and already had three small children. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer journeys</title>
		<link>http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/06/cancer_journeys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokari</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is part of a piece I wrote about a year ago and I just felt like saying it again because breast cancer makes me angry, pisses me off, makes me want to scream. It also makes me cry, makes me strong and makes me stubborn. Kitron and her partner are travelling the journey of [...]]]></description>
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