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In addition to its groundbreaking work in Africa, Bristol-Myers Squibb supports local, regional and national initiatives dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention and education. Last year the company awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 to HiTops, a Mercer County-based non-profit group that promotes adolescent health, for an HIV/AIDS education program. It was ... the premier sponsor of AIDS Walk New York, which promoted awareness of HIV/AIDS.
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The baobab grows wild in the savanna regions of Mali and other areas of West Africa. Rope was made from its bark and medicines were manufactured from extracted liquids as well as from its dried leaves; the dried leaves were ... used as a thickener for stews. In addition, its fruit is not only a great source of vitamin C, but is also used to make refreshing drinks containing tartaric and other acids. A meal for making bread was derived from this plant, as was a red dye.
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A more hopeful scenario is that market-driven global development will begin to lead Africa toward economic progress as it has in developing nations in other regions. The success of this possibility is dependent on the spread of education for women, poverty-reduction programs and widespread use of birth-control methods leading to a significant slowing in population growth rates. But such progress is unlikely unless there is a coordinated effort by the international community to actively participate through financial and administrative contributions and through attaching significant social and environmental policy goals to such efforts.
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It is almost impossible to talk about a unified history of photography in Africa, as there have been so many cultural responses to the medium, and so many national and regional styles. Early 21st-century photographic practices there are amongst the most complex and vibrant imaging cultures in the world, embracing intersections between the global and the local. Many draw on long traditions of depicting the human body in sculptural and graphic forms.
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