Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural Malawi.

This study shows that cabergoline (single oral-dose) is an acceptable, safe and effective drug for suppressing puerperal lactation. It could be of operational benefit not only for artificial feeding, but also for weaning in those that breast-feed within preventive mother-to-child HIV transmission programmes in resource-limited settings

Seminar series on crime and violence prevention in Kenya

Nairobi- August 12th 2011: USIUhas partnered with the Open Society Initiative of East Africa andthe Kenya Institutie of Administration conduct a seminar series in crime and violence prevention in Kenya. The program will be launched at the Kenya Institute of Administration on Friday, August 12that 10:00am, in a ceremony to be presided over by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration, Mr. Francis Kimemia. The seminar course will utilize the opportunity provided by the promulgation of the new constitution to sensitize policy makers and policy implementers in Kenya to the effective use that can be made of community actors and local assemblies to prevent crime, thereby redressing the lack of depth and sophistication of crime prevention discourse in Kenya. The seminars will involve key government officials as well as representatives of non-state actors including the private sector, religious organizations, community groups, non-governmental organizations, academia and the media, who have worked or interacted with issues of security or worked in an area relevant to crime prevention