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GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera epidemic not yet peaked

Monday, October 13, 2008

The cholera epidemic is still out of control across Guinea-Bissau, with the number of cases doubling in the past three weeks, bringing the total...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera epidemic out of control

africa » guinea bissau » bissau

Friday, September 19, 2008

With 6,461 cholera cases and 122 deaths, experts say the cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau is out of control. The number of reported cases has...

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African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine

africa » cameroon » yaounde

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Health ministers from countries of the African meningitis belt today committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis...

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Guinea Bissau: UNICEF provides support to fight cholera epidemic

africa » guinea bissau » bissau

Sunday, August 17, 2008

UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Health of Guinea Bissau in fighting a cholera epidemic that has quickly spread across the country, and is...

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AFRICA: Epidemic outpacing response says UNAIDS

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PLUS NEWS http://plusnews.org

Friday, April 25, 2008

Inless than two months, government officials and AIDS activists fromaround the world will convene in New York to review the global...

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BURKINA FASO: Meningitis epidemics in vaccinated areas

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Monday, April 14, 2008

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to haveprotection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitisepidemics have...

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BURKINA FASO: Meningitis epidemics in vaccinated areas

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou

Saturday, April 12, 2008

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics...

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UGANDA: Women shoulder AIDS burden

africa » uganda » kampala

PlusNews

Thursday, March 13, 2008

In many parts of Uganda, especially rural areas, women's roles have not changed since the first Women's Day a hundred years ago. Women are still the...

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ZIMBABWE: NGOs struggle to feed the hungry

africa » zimbabwe » harare

PlusNews

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Njabulo Sibanda, 15, who lives in Highfield, a low-income suburb in southwestern Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, is one of the more than one million...

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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Condoms anytime, anywhere

africa » sao tome principe » principe

PlusNews

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Bars, restaurants and stores in the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe now have a new attraction: small brown wooden boxes containing 144 condoms...

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