Contributions from the Column Facts and trends “It’s still a long way to peace in Sudan” Journalists No new approval procedures for export credit guarantees in Germany Drugs and development: harm reduction strategies Smaller volume of German arms exports Kenya, Angola: billions missing Afghan economy growing – so is the drug trade Health services 2/2004   Health services in many developing countries are on the verge of collapse because of AIDS. According to the 2003 annual report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the immune deficiency syndrome claims the lives of 5,000 adults and 1,000 children a day in Africa. Health services in the worst affected countries are unable to cope. But the fight against AIDS is not the only one that could be lost, the report warns. The health situation as a whole is deteriorating significantly in many countries. In 14 African countries, for example, child mortality is higher today that it was ten years ago. Worldwide, about 10 million children a year die before their fifth birthday. And while life expectancy worldwide has risen by 20 years in the last half century, it has decreased by 20 years since the 1970s in Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. (ell)