Kampala, Uganda (IRIN) – Uganda is short on data on HIV among the country’s sex workers, but a new study shows that in the capital, Kampala, HIV prevalence among female sex workers could be more than four times the city’s average prevalence. The study, published in April in the Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted [...]

MOMBASA, Kenya (IRIN) – When police in Kenya’s coastal tourist city of Mombasa conduct night raids, it is not unusual for a large number of sex workers arrested to be under 18. The government faces a struggle to end a trade that many young girls see as a fast way out of poverty and into [...]

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – A price comparison site advised small business owners to lease instead of buy new cars to cut costs. But the advice is primarily for those who trade in their older models for new units every four or five years. According to FinanceAcar.co.uk’s comparison, it would cost [...]

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Sexually-active American teenagers were found to be more “safe-sex” conscious than baby boomers according to the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994. The survey, filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine [...]

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Newcastle, Australia (AHN) – In what may be unwelcome news for barflies, new research out of Australia suggests closing pubs earlier reduces assaults by almost 40 percent. In 2008, pubs in the Australian city of Newcastle were required to close at 3:30 a.m. and not allow any more patrons [...]

If you are an entrepreneur with a crazy good, kick butt idea, the first step is raising capital and it can be done as quickly as a week if you line up your appointments and generate enough interest in your idea. Here are the three steps.

The world, especially in the current economic climate…is starving for new ideas and innovation. New directions come from economic slowdowns out of necessity. When the economy is pumping along, generally the dominating forces are the established and successful products and services in all the respective fields. But a downturn is the worlds way of telling itself…we want change. If you are an entrepreneur that wants to raise capital today…then I hope this article helps a little.