The history of health and nutrition in Africa as a whole

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Myths of African hunger
By Kevin Danaher and Abikok Riak, Food First Backgrounder, Spring 1995. Confronts the long list of myths concerning the reasons for hunger in Africa.
AIDS Turning Africa into Continent of Orphans
Reuters, 27 June 1997.
Africa's Infant Mortality Rate Unacceptable
Panafrican News Agency, 6 May 1998. Experts from 12 African countries call for realistic reproductive health policies and sufficient funds for the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) reproductive health strategy for Africa.
Gore to South Africans: Drop Dead
By David Corn, New York Press, 2 June 1999. Al Gore, despite his Christian posturing, has helped pharmaceutical companies deny South Africans easier access to anti-AIDS drugs.
Young Girls More Vulnerable To HIV Infection
By Lewis Machipisa, IPS, 16 September 1999. A new UNAIDS research in Africa shows that young girls are more prone to being infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) not by boys their own age, but by older men known as ‘sugar daddies.’