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Over 60 dead in Kenya cholera outbreak, state issues alert

Wikinews http://en.wikinews.org

Monday, April 14, 2008

State health officials in Kenya issued an alertThursday after an outbreak of cholerakilled over 60 people in the last five months. All health...

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DRC: Torrential rains kill 15 and leave hundreds homeless

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Fifteen people have died and hundreds more were left homeless after days of torrential rains in Kasai Occidental and Bandundu provinces of the...

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World Health Day Observed

africa » gambia » banjul

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The Gambia yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Health Day.The theme of this year s celebration is “protecting health from...

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GLOBAL: Looking in the mirror at HIV

africa » south africa » johannesburg

PlusNews http://www.plusnews.org

Monday, April 07, 2008

It’s house music. It’s dinner, drinks and a movie. It’s first dates, first loves and first heart breaks. It’s being young - and it’s also about HIV,...

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Climate change not health threat only - SoS Njie

Africa » Gambia

Friday, April 04, 2008

Dr Malick Njie, secretary of state for health and social welfare has said that climate change is not only a health threat but it is threat to every...

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Youth Matters- UYA ends 1st Youth Conference

africa » gambia » bakau

Friday, April 04, 2008

The united youth association (UYA), recently concluded its first ever week long youth conference on the theme “capacitate young people for positive...

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Herbalists competence questioned

africa » gambia

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Information reaching this paper hint that the fast rate of the existence of private medical herbalists is fast becoming detrimental to the country’s...

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ANGOLA: Flooding brings surge in cholera

africa » angola

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Widespread flooding in southern Angola has been blamed for a surge in cholera, with 4,500 cases of the waterborne disease reported this year, and 150...

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Rwanda: ICRC supplies drinking water to 22,000 people

africa » rwanda » kigali

The International Committee of the Red Cross

Monday, March 31, 2008

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has completed its water-supply project in Cyuga-Gihogwe, a rural neighbourhood on the outskirts...

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CAMEROON: United Nations allocates $4.7 million for Chadian refugees

africa » cameroon » yaounde

OCHA

Monday, March 31, 2008

The United Nations has announced today the allocation of $4,720,260 from the donor-supported Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet the...

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