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		<title>Fanta face, cocoa cola body: why do black people bleach their skin?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was meant to a pimple blaster, to help with the unsightly outbreaks on my pubescent teenage skin…well that’s what my Aunt told me when she handed me the tiny lime green box.  The box contained a small chapstick sized tube. The instructions were simple &#8211; apply to affected areas. It was quite bland… pale [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=550&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol increases desire for unprotected sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adapted from Lifting the Lid on AIDS, published in The Nation Newspaper, Malawi, 31st December 2011. An analysis of a number of scientific studies have proved that alcohol increases the desire to have sex without a condom.  The review was published in the journal Addiction, the investigators in the study conclude that “The higher the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=538&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The best way to siphon fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[…from a jerry can into your car. Some bad minded people might think I am talking about siphoning fuel out of the tank of a car….no, no, no….this is more to do with the chronic fuel shortages affecting Malawi with those who have jerry cans (chigubus) getting first dibs at the pump. But after hassling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=523&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do you think about the development of new pharmaceutical medicines?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muza2009</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please help with this research. It will provide important information on the much needed effective communication of drug development, drug adherence, drug discovery and drug resistance. The theme for this year&#8217;s World Health Day was &#8220;Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow&#8221;. It brought to the world&#8217;s attention that we are on &#8220;the brink [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=521&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science Centre World Congress declaration needs strong action verbs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muza2009</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To declare is a strong action in itself. You declare war, love, independence, citizenship….so why water down such a powerful sentiment with words like “encourage, support, promote and strive……” Check out the 6th Science Centre World Congress (6SCWC) Cape Town Declaration. The congress was held in Cape Town from the 4th to 8th Sept, 2011. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=516&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Malawians sing? What does it take?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muza2009</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodson and Charity, thank you for giving me ammunition for this post. What you may lack in talent you certainly make up with your courage, for that I salute you! But why is it that Malawians always seem to miss out on the limelight? Idols Africa – Malawi auditions were extremely painful and Malawi talent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=512&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tear gas! Tear gas!  What is it and what to do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Its like breathing fire!” “ My face was burning!” “My chest was so painful!” Comments from my friends and family who were caught in tear gas during the civil unrest that recently gripped Malawi, after peaceful demonstrations against the government turned violent. The road to positive social and economic change is a bumpy one but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=504&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Malawian media’s use of language when reporting on HIV and AIDS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote a column for the Malawian Nation newspaper on ethical reporting of HIV/AIDS after I came across a Daily Times article that had the word ‘victim’ in a news report “…..250,000 victims are on antiretroviral therapy treatment”. The media plays an important role in informing the public about HIV. Language is powerful in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=496&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grandma’s finger lickin’ chicken: a road runner, a clay pot and a wood fire</title>
		<link>http://afrisciheroes.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/grandma%e2%80%99s-finger-lickin%e2%80%99-chicken-a-road-runner-a-clay-pot-and-a-wood-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muza2009</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could never be part of the chase. As long as I did not see it before the kill, I was more than happy to enjoy the finger licking chicken that my Grandmother lovingly prepared. Every year as a young child, my family would take the long dusty drive to visit my Grandparents in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=492&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Malawians walk slower than the Japanese but&#8230;. are happier!</title>
		<link>http://afrisciheroes.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/malawians-walk-slower-than-japanese-but-are-happier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muza2009</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malawians have been ridiculed&#8230;yes ridiculed&#8230;(forgive me if it starts a diplomatic war) by a Japanese comedy show for being the slowest walkers. In a study conducted by the psychologist Prof. Richard Wiseman through the British council, Malawi came in last among 32 countries, with the slowest average time (31.6 seconds) it takes to walk 60 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afrisciheroes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10015152&amp;post=479&amp;subd=afrisciheroes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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