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Spring 2006: Crossroads

Can Africa's boundless potential overcome age-old barriers to health? New technology and expanding health education and research make some think that Africa's moment has arrived.

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Africa Features
Getting to Know the Enemy

Getting to Know the Enemy

In southern Zambia, scientists hunt the parasite and the mosquito that make malaria a fact of life and a persistent cause of death

"If We Dont Then Who?"

"If We Don't Do It Then Who?"

Africa is developing its greatest resource—its people—to face its greatest challenge.

The Temporary Miracle

The Temporary Miracle

Antiretroviral drugs can save lives, but can they solve Africa's AIDS epidemic?

Special Coverage

Channeling Change

Scenes from the Center for Communication Program's multimedia efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior in Uganda and Zambia.

Essay: Abraham's Story

Four months old and fighting for his life, a baby in a Ugandan hospital looks to his grandmother and a young intern for a way to survive.

8 Reasons for Optimism

Peter Winch, a veteran "Africa hand" and associate professor of International Health, finds evidence for hope in African health.

Africa News

Reinvigorating efforts against two persistent killers; a dean's journey of discovery; plus research updates from Chad, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia and elsewhere.

Online Extras
Departments

Editor's Note

A legacy of hope—and commitment—to improved health in Africa.

Letters

The lowdown on saving the world (on the cheap)

Africa News

Reinvigorating efforts against two persistent killers; a dean's journey of discovery; plus research updates from Chad, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia and elsewhere.

News Briefs

A Hopkins-wide center with a global focus; HIV prevention in the U.S.; avian flu; students go global; and other news briefs.

Accolades

David Celentano's window on the HIV pandemic; plus faculty honors and awards.

Open Mike

There's a moral imperative to continue the U.S. government's program for AIDS relief.

Magazine Staff

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