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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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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.
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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.
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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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Nigeria : Vaccine 'could end Nigeria polio' October 16 , 2008
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria - one of the world's last blackspots of the disease - thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests.
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Nigeria : Nigerian anti-polio chief removed October 16 , 2008
The chief of a village in northern Nigeria has been suspended from office for divorcing his wife because she had her children immunised against polio.
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Nigeria : FEC okays N500m lifeline for National Hospital October 9 , 2008
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a medical equipment maintenance agreement contract of N500 million (3.075euros) for the resuscitation of the National Hospital Abuja.
The Council also approved a contract worth N583.2 million for the removal of wrecks and derelicts within the...
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Nigeria : UCH declares anti-HIV drug ineffective October 9 , 2008
More than 400 call girls used to test the potency of a drug meant to neutralise the HIV infection during sexual intercourse, went away disappointed from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Wednesday.
The authorities of the hospital declared that the drug was not effective.
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Nigeria : State of health services in Benue a disaster, says Speaker September 12 , 2008
Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terseer Tsumba, has described the condition of healthcare services in the state as a 'disaster', insisting that urgent steps must be taken to correct the situation.
The Speaker, who was commenting as the chairman of the Health and Human Services Comm...
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Nigeria : FG plans 112 Primary Health Centres September 12 , 2008
The Federal Government has planned to establish Primary Health Centre in each of the 112 local government areas within the six states of the North-East region.
Areas identified with difficult terrains which make health care delivery barely impossible to reach would be given more priority in th...
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Nigeria : Nigeria leads global polio cases, says WHO September 12 , 2008
World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday that Nigeria ranks first among countries with endemic polio cases in the world.
The country is also reported to have the highest figure of polio cases in Africa, put at about 91 per cent.
Speaking in Kaduna yesterday, WHO's Immunization Officer,...
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Nigeria : Polio vaccination: Borno village head may be dethroned September 11 , 2008
Ali's wife offence was that she presented her children to health workers for vaccination. in the on-going Polio immunisation in the state.Speaking to reporters in Maiduguri, District Head of Maisandari, Alhaji Zanna Liberty, confirmed the incident, adding that it was wrong for a traditional ruler w...
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Guinea - Bissau : Cholera epidemic claims more lives September 3 , 2008
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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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