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 [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Atlanta, GA, United States (AHN) – The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated Georgia’s supply of a substance used in lethal injections on Tuesday amid allegations the drug, sodium thiopental, is expired and was illegally imported by the state. The DEA has not released details of the seizure but a spokesman [...]

Capital is one of the most important factors of any business. Not only is capital important but is also the one of the most difficult things for a business to acquire. It can be safely said that not all businesses manage to take care of all their financial requirements on their own. They often fall short and sometimes even find themselves with losses. During such times, getting the necessary credit for the sustenance of the business becomes imperative. There are many sources from which the necessary financial assistance can be obtained. For most businesses, financial institutions like the banks can be a very attractive option.

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – In an effort to curb the growing child obesity epidemic, new federal guidelines proposed Thursday focus on making school lunches healthier. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued the new guidelines marking the first such changes in 15 years. They include cutting [...]

It’s been said that salespeople who avoid making phone calls have skinny children. Prospecting for Hard Money Loans is critically important. For the majority of Hard Money Lenders, it is by far the most challenging and stressful aspect of their profession. Successful Hard Money Lenders are proactive and recognize the importance of prospecting for new [...]

Investors never read business plans that lack evidence or consider the claims in them worthless. Keep you plan out of the trash bin with these key pieces of evidence…

Often the media portrays the best source of capital for a start-up company to be venture funding. Therefore, many people think that venture funding is the only source of start-up capital. This is not true, funding from SBIR grants to bank loans to credit cards is readily available.

Good poster printing can be hard to find. Some businesses clutter their posters with so much info you cannot tell what the heck is going on. Other posters are so bare that you wonder why anyone even bothered. Here are some tips on how to create a good balance between overkill and barely-there to make [...]