This forum will bring together representatives of the global malaria community to review progress in malaria control and prevention. The forum will also be an opportunity to chart the future course of action for all who are committed to halve the malaria burden by 2015.

Bridges of Hope is a global award winning package of powerful, practical and fun participatory training materials, activities and behaviour change techniques. These empower people to address their issues around HIV prevention, support, treatment and positive living, linked to achieving their life goals and dreams. Get the complete package of materials and learn to use them most effectively on this 3-day workshop programme.

Sitting in a classroom and wearing a shirt, tie and perfectly polished shoes, Lamine, a computer science student in Senegal's capital city, admits he has no idea whether or not he is HIV-positive. "I've never been tested and I don't think I'll do it anytime soon," said the 25 year-old Dakar resident. "I'd rather not know. I want to live happily and not have to worry about getting AIDS."

The government of Tanzania has banned a local NGO from undertaking studies and publishing any articles regarding schools claiming it had been disparaging the country's education system and teaching profession, officials said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Education and Culture issued a circular on Tuesday prohibiting the NGO, Hakielimu, from "undertaking studies and publishing any articles regarding Tanzanian schools".