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North Africa
  Egypt Egypt has latest H5N1 case  July 29 , 2007  
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  Algeria Cervical cancer vaccine offers distant hope  June 27 , 2007  
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  Egypt Egypt reports new human bird flu case  June 23 , 2007  
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  Algeria Not just more wells but clean wells  May 12 , 2007  
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  Algeria HIV puts Malaria back in spotlight  April 28 , 2007  
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  Egypt Death toll in Egypt from bird flu now 14  April 11 , 2007  
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  Egypt 27th human case of bird flu detected  March 29 , 2007  
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  Egypt Bird flu awareness and reporting measures are improving  March 29 , 2007  
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  Algeria Snail mucus offers wound healing hopes  March 22 , 2007  
RESEARCHERS have discovered unusual properties in the mucus secreted by the Giant West African land snails, which they believe might have important applications in medical science. They have established the beneficial effects of snail mucin for the topical treatment of wounds and burns. They say...
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  Egypt Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 9  March 19 , 2007  
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  Egypt Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 7  March 1 , 2007  
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  Egypt $450m needed for new bird flu campaign  February 25 , 2007  
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  Egypt Egypt reports 13th avian flu death plus new case  February 16 , 2007  
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  Egypt Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 4  February 15 , 2007  
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  Egypt Egypt reports 3rd H5N1 case of 2007  February 15 , 2007  
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  Egypt Bird flu virus found in 2 Egyptians showed resistance to the drug Tamiflu  January 21 , 2007  
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  Egypt Egyptian woman dies from bird flu  January 21 , 2007  
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  Egypt Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update  January 18 , 2007  
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  Egypt 19th case of bird flu detected  January 18 , 2007  
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  Egypt Avian influenza in Egypt  December 27 , 2006  
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West Africa
  Sierra Leone Poorly-trained midwives pose danger  June 30 , 2011  
DAKAR, 30 June 2011 (IRIN) - Poorly-regulated, privately-run training schools in Senegal are churning out midwives who do not have a solid grasp of birthing or ante- and post-natal care, causing women and babies to die needlessly, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
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  Nigeria Meningitis wanes in Nigeria  April 20 , 2009  
The meningitis epidemic - the worst to hit West and Central Africa in five years according to the UN - is waning in hard-hit Nigeria, but Médecins Sans Frontières staff say the deadly disease is still spreading in parts of southern Niger. Agencies estimate at least six million people in Nigeria ...
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  Nigeria Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger  March 28 , 2009  
More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in Niger and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The disease is an epidemic in 76 areas of the two countries, the health agency reported Wednesday.
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  Nigeria Grange picks up new job  March 18 , 2009  
For Professor Adenike Grange, her short -lived tenure as Nigeria's Minister of Health is not worth recounting. The ex-minister who was ushered out of office in questionable circumstances is now in the employ of Otunba Subomi Balogun. Grange now holds court as the provost of Tunwase National ...
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  Nigeria National Hospital confirms outbreak of Lassa fever  February 18 , 2009  
Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Dr Olusegun Ajuwon, yesterday in Abuja confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in Abuja and the adjoining Nasarawa State. Ajuwon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fever had claimed three lives in the areas affected. “Thr...
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  Nigeria FG asks Nigerian doctors abroad to return home  February 12 , 2009  
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Nigerian doctors working in the United States and other parts of the world to return home and contribute to the development of the country's weak health sector. About 24,000 doctors are said to be practising in America, Europe, Asia, and parts of Southern A...
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  Nigeria Painkiller leaves 84 children dead  February 9 , 2009  
Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of ingesting a pain-relief syrup called 'My Pikin'. The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) discovered in November that the ...
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  Nigeria Anxiety grips NAFDAC staff over new DG  January 12 , 2009  
There is apprehension among the staff of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control over the appointment on Friday of Dr. Paul Orhii, as its Director-General. Investigations by our correspondent on Saturday in Lagos showed that although the new director-general had been men...
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  Nigeria Lagos in comprehensive health care delivery strategy  January 12 , 2009  
Mrs. Sarah Johnson sat beside her baby at the Children Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, with other parents whose children were receiving treatment. They were being attended to by health practitioners in a very congested ward. And when Johnson would speak on the f...
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  Cape Verde Money laundering taints economic growth  November 4 , 2008  
Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verde’s judiciary police told IRIN his agents may know who the traffickers and money launderers are, but do not have enough resources to catch them all. Oscar Silva dos Reis Tav...
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  Gambia President’s herbal HIV/AIDS 'cure' boosts ARV use  November 4 , 2008  
President Yahya Jammeh’s traditional herbal treatment for HIV has had an unanticipated side-effect, say HIV experts in the country – rather than pulling people towards a herbal cure, it has raised the profile of conventional antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to treat HIV. Twenty months since President...
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  Gabon Gabon centre refocuses on emerging diseases  November 4 , 2008  
The International Medical Research Centre (CIRMF) in the former French colony of Gabon wants to have something to celebrate on its 40th birthday next year. Many hope that the centre's newly appointed director-general, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, can lead the institution — which fell into disarray in the 199...
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  Nigeria Malaria kills 401 people  October 27 , 2008  
Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local health officials. Read more
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  Nigeria Officials seek source of deadly gastroenteritis  October 27 , 2008  
The Nigerian Ministry of Health is trying to determine what caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that has claimed 120 lives in northern Nigeria’s Sokoto state and dozens more in the northwest, according to national health statistics. “Unfortunately, it is the environment,” said the Ministry of Heal...
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  Equatorial Guinea Oil money draws sub-Saharan Africans  October 27 , 2008  
A few years after the first US oil drillers arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 1992, hundreds of mostly West African migrants without travel or work papers followed. National police forces now estimate that one-third of the population – more than 300,000 – is from outside the country, with most migrant...
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  Cote d'Ivorie “Alarming” malnutrition in north  October 27 , 2008  
In Côte d’Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to respond to what nutrition experts call “alarming” malnutrition levels. Read more ...
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  Nigeria 600 African children die daily from measles  October 22 , 2008  
More than 600 children in Africa still die daily from measles, the International Federation of Red Cross has disclosed. "While significant progress has been made, measles is still a leading disease that kills more than 242,000 each year, mostly children under the age of five," the International F...
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  Nigeria Alarming incidents of rape  October 22 , 2008  
There is an alarming increase in rape cases. From Kano to Calabar, Lagos to Lokoja, Maiduguri to Markurdi, Enugu to Ekiti, rape stories jostle for headline spaces in newspapers and prime time bulletins on the airwaves. Even then, statistics have shown that less than 20 per cent of rape cases are eve...
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  Gambia Sex tourists exploiting children  October 20 , 2008  
Child protection experts say sexual exploitation of children by tourists is on the increase in The Gambia, despite national laws against it. “More and more children are working in the sex industry with tourists,” said Bakary Badjie, programme officer with the non-profit coalition the Child Prote...
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  Nigeria Health sector in bad shape – NMA  October 17 , 2008  
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday lamented the current state of Nigerian healthcare sector, saying a drastic measure at the primary healthcare level would be required to overcome the downward trend. NMA President, Dr Prosper Igboeli, who addressed the media on the 2008 Physician’s Wee...
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Central and East Africa
  Kenya Child deaths on the rise  October 29 , 2008  
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists. One in nine children dies before the age of five. "For every 1,000 children born, 121 die, compared with 97 in 1990," Shahnaz Sharif, the senior deputy director of me...
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  Uganda Post-traumatic stress rife in the north  October 27 , 2008  
Sleepless nights, flashbacks and hallucinations have become normal for Michael Ocira, a former soldier in the rebel Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a civil war in the north for more than two decades. “When I imagine the days in the bush, I lose my senses and thoughts, only ...
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  Tanzania Vaccination campaign treats millions of children  September 3 , 2008  
Millions of parents and guardians sent their children to be vaccinated on 30 and 31 August in a national campaign against measles, polio and other diseases, officials said on Tuesday. “The exercise has been generally successful as many parents turned out with their children in most districts in ...
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  Uganda Drug supply chain problems trigger shortages  September 3 , 2008  
Uganda's health ministry has been scrambling to stave off a nationwide shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) that could jeopardise the lives of tens of thousands of HIV-positive people. Health officials said an inefficient drug procurement system, sporadic drug donations and a shortage of qual...
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  Kenya MSM in Kenya urgently require targeted HIV prevention  January 17 , 2008  
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  Uganda Medical staff bore the brunt of "sly" new Ebola virus  January 1 , 2008  
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  Kenya Post-poll violence a ‘national disaster’, says Red Cross  January 1 , 2008  
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  Kenya Bringing health services to Kibera's poor  July 13 , 2007  
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  Kenya Social awareness key to malaria control efforts  July 5 , 2007  
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  Sudan Juba's street children survive at risk of HIV  June 27 , 2007  
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  Tanzania Fistula aggravated by inadequate resources and ignorance  June 16 , 2007  
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  Tanzania RVF death toll rises  May 12 , 2007  
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  Tanzania Big drop in malaria cases in the spice isles  April 28 , 2007  
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  Uganda HIV prevalence rising in northeast, but condoms still taboo  April 10 , 2007  
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  Tanzania Zanzibar bans livestock, meat imports to prevent RVF  April 10 , 2007  
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  Kenya Drug resistant TB taking hold in urban slums  April 4 , 2007  
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  Kenya Flood-related diseases, HIV/AIDS reverse rainfall gains  March 31 , 2007  
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  Uganda New tuberculosis cases 'alarming'  March 29 , 2007  
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  Tanzania Rising TB cases linked to HIV/AIDS  March 26 , 2007  
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  Sudan Fighting ignorance and stigma on a shoestring  March 10 , 2007  
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Great Lakes
  Congo “I work non-stop but never see my salary”  October 29 , 2008  
Congolese authorities may have good reason to keep a wary eye on events in Niger, where an international court this week found the government guilty of failing to protect its citizens from slavery. Fifteen-year-old Bibouti, from the Pool region, is among countless children trafficked domesticall...
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  Congo Alarming malnutrition rates in North Kivu  November 13 , 2007  
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  Burundi Sex and drugs leave Bujumbura's homeless at risk of HIV  July 13 , 2007  
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  Congo Polio vaccinations for 400,000 children  July 5 , 2007  
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  Congo Traditional medicine to improve healthcare  June 16 , 2007  
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  Congo Immunisation coverage sees dramatic improvement  May 30 , 2007  
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  Congo Stepping up fight against malaria  May 23 , 2007  
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  Congo Poor health system catalysing cholera in southwest  May 23 , 2007  
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  Burundi Help for 300,000 flood victims  February 9 , 2007  
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  Congo Cholera threat receding, medical official says  February 9 , 2007  
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  Congo Cholera kills 41 in Pointe-Noire  February 1 , 2007  
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  Congo An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment  December 13 , 2006  
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  Burundi Gov''t adopts plan against avian flu  December 1 , 2006  
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  Dem. Rep. of Congo (Zaire) Congo winner will face big problems  November 6 , 2006  
In Congo's largest hospital, surgical patients die for lack of antiseptics and doctors amputate broken limbs infected before patients find money for casts. When the power goes out, surgeons operate by flashlight. Four years after the end of a 1998-2002 war, experts say 1,000 people are still dyin...
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  Congo Outbreak of Hepatitis E kills 13 in Equateur  October 18 , 2006  
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  Burundi Cholera breaks out in Bujumbura  October 18 , 2006  
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  Congo Plague found in northern DR Congo  October 16 , 2006  
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  Rwanda Rwanda: Rwanda Hosts Bird Flu Regional Workshop  September 19 , 2006  
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  Burundi Hospital officials detain hundreds of insolvent patients  September 9 , 2006  
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  Dem. Rep. of Congo (Zaire) Breathing life into DR Congo's sick hospital  August 8 , 2006  
When Professor Stanis Wembonyama became director of the main hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's second city, Lubumbashi, last year, he could not believe what he saw. The hospital did not even have a single thermometer, armed robbers had set up their base in some of the buildings...
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  Ethiopia Saving lives with trained birth attendants  November 4 , 2008  
Like many teenagers in rural Ethiopia, Shekuria Mume, 19, became pregnant, quit school and got married at 15. The birth of her first baby remains one of her most traumatic experiences, as an untrained traditional birth attendant (TBA) delivered her. "I had heard that some women die while giving ...
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  Somalia Response to humanitarian disaster "inadequate"  June 27 , 2008  
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  Somalia Mapping 'hot-spots' for a more effective AIDS response  July 26 , 2007  
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  Djibouti Clean water for 25,000 people  July 5 , 2007  
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  Ethiopia New programme boosts village health service delivery  May 30 , 2007  
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  Djibouti Cholera outbreak in northwest under control  May 30 , 2007  
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  Ethiopia Fighting malaria in Oromiya  February 25 , 2007  
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  Somalia Acute watery diarrhoea claims 39 lives  February 9 , 2007  
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  Somalia Deaths from acute watery diarrhoea, "cholera" reported  February 9 , 2007  
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  Somalia Conflict, floods and the prospect of animal disease compound crisis in southern river valley  January 25 , 2007  
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  Somalia Security problems may affect aid plans  January 12 , 2007  
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  Somalia Fighting halts effort to verify deadly fever  January 12 , 2007  
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  Djibouti Cholera kills five in southwest  January 8 , 2007  
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  Somalia Diarrhoea kills 40 in Puntland  December 13 , 2006  
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  Somalia Floods increase risk of malnutrition, diseases  December 9 , 2006  
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  Ethiopia Funeral associations - for the living as well as the dead  November 28 , 2006  
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  Somalia Unidentified birds raise avian flu fears  November 23 , 2006  
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  Somalia Threat of disease outbreaks as flooding persists  November 23 , 2006  
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  Ethiopia Shortage of vaccines for meningitis  November 21 , 2006  
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  Ethiopia Ethiopia food aid ''habit'' worsens  November 2 , 2006  
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Southern Africa
  Angola Record rabies outbreak kills 93 children  March 11 , 2009  
One of the most severe rabies epidemics to hit Angola has claimed the lives of at least 93 children within three months in the capital, Luanda. "The 93 children were brought to our hospital and are the only ones we know of, so the number could be higher," said Luis Bernardino, head of the Hospita...
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  Zimbabwe Cholera deaths near 2,000 in Zimbabwe  January 13 , 2009  
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Deaths in Zimbabwe related to the cholera epidemic are approaching 2,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, and close to 40,000 people have been affected by the preventable water-borne disease. Statistics released by the Geneva, Switzerland-based organization W...
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  Mozambique Mozambique to launch science parks for development  November 4 , 2008  
Mozambique's government will drive the development of four 'science parks' across the country to encourage scientists to find solutions for its social, health and infrastructural problems. António Leão, national director of Mozambique's Ministry of Science and Technology, says the initiative is aime...
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  South Africa Texts tackle HIV in South Africa  November 4 , 2008  
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  Swaziland A tale of two countries  October 29 , 2008  
The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is classified as a "middle-income country". How come? According to Musinga Timothy Bandora, resident coordinator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), "A nation's wealth is measured by several fac...
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  Madagascar Government's ambitious healthcare project  October 27 , 2008  
Madagascar has embarked on a major campaign to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but malaria, respiratory diseases and diarrhoea, a consequence of the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, remain among the biggest causes of child deaths. Every eight minutes a child younger than ...
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  South Africa Wealth gap becoming a chasm  October 27 , 2008  
Despite the dismantling of apartheid in the early 1990s, and significant annual economic growth over the past 10 years, South African cities have the highest levels of inequality in the world, according to the UN Habitat's latest State of the World's Cities report.
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  South Africa South African court bans trial of 'vitamin HIV cure'  June 27 , 2008  
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  Zambia Voluntary counselling and testing for couples: successes in Zambia  January 17 , 2008  
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  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's TB explosion  September 16 , 2007  
Among African nations, Zimbabwe is one of those most heavily affected by tuberculosis (TB). The deadly combination of TB and HIV epidemics is igniting a silent and uncontrollable epidemic of drug resistant TB that will negate previous national health gains. The 2007 Global Tuberculosis Control R...
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  South Africa SA Govt attempts Wikipedia censorship?  August 24 , 2007  
Johannesburg, 23 August 2007 ] - An ITWeb investigation reveals at least one government employee has censored Wikipedia's entry on SA's HIV/Aids policies. Wikipedia's edit history for the article “HIV/Aids in South Africa” shows repeated vandalism from IP address 164.151.130.36. This address reso...
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  Swaziland ARV rollout on track but not without challenges  July 26 , 2007  
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  South Africa Positive mothers, children need more to reach MDGs  July 26 , 2007  
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  Mozambique Govt considers legalising abortion to stem maternal deaths  May 30 , 2007  
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  South Africa Health systems need to go online to improve efficiency  May 23 , 2007  
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  Zimbabwe Prisoners routinely dying from starvation, illness  May 12 , 2007  
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  Malawi Increasing numbers of children on treatment, despite lack of paediatric drugs  May 12 , 2007  
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  Swaziland Stoicism in the face of the worst ever food crisis  April 23 , 2007  
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  Swaziland Tuberculosis still killer number one  April 10 , 2007  
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  Mozambique Health worker shortage hinders AIDS response  April 10 , 2007  
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International
  International World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach  October 27 , 2008  
The World Health Report 2008, launched on 14 October, critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world. The WHO report documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populatio...
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  International The global epidemic of obesity: An overview  April 18 , 2008  
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  International Distinguished Speakers Illuminate Clinical Trials Convention  April 15 , 2008  
For the next couple of days, the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) will take center-stage not for a World Heavy Weight Boxing match but for heavy weights whose current thinking could have a major impact on the future of drugs, biologics and medical device design, clinical tri...
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  International WHO in 60 years: a chronology of public health milestones  February 5 , 2008  
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  International WHO60 photo exhibition: public health over the past 60 years  February 5 , 2008  
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  International Canada increasingly reliant on foreign-trained health professionals  January 29 , 2008  
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  International Restrictions on health worker migration proving problematic  January 29 , 2008  
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  International Opportunities for earlier HIV testing missed for Africans in the UK  January 17 , 2008  
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  International Russia confirms H5N1 bird flu strain at poultry farm  September 6 , 2007  
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  International Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO-31 August 2007  September 1 , 2007  
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  International WHO confirms 5 Vietnam H5N1 cases, lists lab test criteria  September 1 , 2007  
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  International Avian Influenza Low Pathogenic H5N1 vs Highty Pathogenic H5N1  July 29 , 2007  
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  International India confirms bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain  July 29 , 2007  
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  International Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households  July 29 , 2007  
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  International MSM still marginalised in AIDS response  July 26 , 2007  
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  International New findings could extend lives of positive children  July 26 , 2007  
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  International Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO-24 May 2007  May 24 , 2007  
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  International AIDS response still not enough, says UN  May 23 , 2007  
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  International Portable lab could revolutionize bird flu detection  March 19 , 2007  
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  International U.N. unveils portable, cheap bird-flu test  March 19 , 2007  
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