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HIV-associated illness in adolescents in Zimbabwe

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Feb 02, 2010

Nearly half of adolescents admitted to two public hospitals in Zimbabwe are HIV positive according to a new paper in PLoS Medicine. This study examines the causes of unselected acute hospitalization in adolescents, and serves to highlight the growing crisis of HIV acquired at birth in teenagers and young adults in the developing world.

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Violent diamond rush in Chipinge

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Feb 01, 2010

Another wave of diamond rush has hit Zimbabwe sparking a fierce battle to control the field site. This time diamonds said to be of high industrial quality have been found at the remote countryside of Chipinge in the eastern part of the country close to Mozambique.

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