World AIDS Day: Speeches, Speeches, Speeches

Like at every “World AIDS Day” before it is also the day of speeches and memorandums. And clapping each other’s back to tell how great work we all do. The same has happened for more than 30 years within the “fight” against Malaria and Tuberculosis and – let’s face it - there is lots of room for improvement and more efficiency. Maybe people should just start getting the job done and…

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UNAIDS: People and Organizations of Today

The faces and logos of UNAIDS Cosponsors, Special representatives, Partners and leaders with their message for todays World AIDS Day…

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Corruption in Humanitarian AID and Health Care

Below you find links and summaries of some resources on the web that might be helpful as a starting point to understand the topic and issues of corruption with AIDS and health work in general…

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AIDS: Some less known facts on the disease (1)

Following below the first part of facts and thoughts on AIDS that most people don’t know…

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Henning Mankell: I Die, But My Memory Lives On

Most of us might know Henning Mankell for his Wallander crime novels but he has recently also published a non-fiction book on AIDS in Africa. The book is called “I Die, but My Memory Lives on: The World AIDS Crisis and the Memory Book Project”. Mankell who spent a substantial amount of his life in Africa, has with the “Memory Book Project” provided an opportunity to those dying of AIDS to create a record of their lives in words and pictures for the children they leave behind…

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01-December-2006: World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day and we want to contribute by publishing some stories and thought on the matter that often get less attention than needed. We will also point you to some sources and facts that are not so popular with those that have been put in charge by our governments to fight this pandemic worldwide…

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Granta: How (not) to write about Africa

UK magazine Granta has a great article online describing how many writers are exploiting cliches and stereotypes when writing about Africa.
It is titled How to write about Africa and written by celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. Worth reading

Some quotes:…Always use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title. Subtitles may include the [...]

SkyscaperPage.com: World’s tallest buildings

If you ever wanted to know what the world’s tallest building look like, where they are and other details, have a look at Skyscaperpage.com diagram pages.
On 280 pages it lists 6978 buildings starting with the Burj Dubai (807.7 m) down to some smaller towers with “only” 50 floors. Additional details are available together with illustration(s) [...]