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The Center for Constitutional Rights is an Atlantic grantee. by NINA BERNSTEIN Twice the immigration judge asked the woman’s name. Twice she gave it: Xiu Ping Jiang. But he chided her, a Chinese New Yorker, for answering his question before the court interpreter had translated…

Humanitarian organisation Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) has funded the construction and equipping of 62 communal medical stations in central Khanh Hoa province. The organisation has donated 4.2 million USD to be spent on infrastructure and equipment for primary health care services, including delivery and dental chairs…

by Khopotso Bodibe It was September 2005. South African Aids activists were busy focusing on countering rampant Aids denialism and trying to get government to speed up access to antiretroviral medication for millions of HIV-positive citizens. At Durban's Westville Prison, another sad chapter in South…

by Miriam Mannak CAPE TOWN, Mar 26 (IPS) - Despite repeated calls for integrated HIV and tuberculosis (TB) health services from medical experts and AIDS activists, most of South Africa’s public health facilities continue to treat the diseases independently. Co-infection presents a major risk to…

A bid to block the personal release of a report on the death of an HIV-positive prisoner by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour was dismissed in the North Gauteng High Court on Friday. Pretoria Judge Brian Southwood dismissed the application for leave to appeal a…

by CLARE ANSBERRY AKRON, Ohio -- Mary Appleby, 76 years old, lost her job in January as a cashier at a courthouse cafeteria here. She is now looking for minimum-wage work. Mary Bennett, 80, began filling out applications for fast-food restaurants and convenience stores after…

By Ian Wilhelm. In 1975, Le Nhan Phuong left Vietnam, one of about 2,000 child refugees spirited to America by international aid groups. Today, he has returned to his homeland, but now it is he who is helping others. Dr. Phuong is the newly appointed…

In her long struggle to care for her gravely ill husband, journalist and Passages author Gail Sheehy recalls one defining moment. More than a year ago, her husband, publisher Clay Felker, was being discharged from a New York City rehabilitation facility after spending several months…

New Health Minister Barbara Hogan has called for innovative ways to deal with the scarcity of resources in the public health sector, saying there was no point in getting desperate about the situation as it was a growing phenomenon in South Africa. Hogan was not…

by David Pitt For medical office manager Sue Stein, working past the typical retirement age was a choice she made because she's still having fun at her job and likes the lively banter with the young medical students around her. Stein, 69, is among the…