Friday, 30 March 2012

POVERTY: MALI: Holy wars and hostages – AQIM in the Maghreb

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DAKAR, 29 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: US Army Africa The cycle of violence between north and south has been going on for decades (file phot...
Thursday, 29 March 2012

POVERTY: SOMALIA: Border town in a fix over water

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HARGEISA, 27 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Mohamed Amin Jibril/IRIN Water is getting costlier in parts of Somaliland Water scarcity in Tog-...

POVERTY: PAKISTAN: Anti-polio drive moves to tribal agencies

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PESHAWAR, 29 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Kamila Hyat/IRIN Some 14 cases of polio have been reported across Pakistan so far this year Paki...
Sunday, 25 March 2012

MALARIA: In the Andes

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A recent epidemic of malaria in the highlands of Bolivia and establishment of multiple Anopheles species mosquitoes in the highlands of Ecua...

MALARIA: parasites in faeces

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Comparison of diagnostic methods for Plasmodium spp. in humans from Uganda and the Central African Republic showed that parasites can be eff...

POVERTY: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988 and, as of March 2012, indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission has...

POVERTY: USA: When Poverty Was White

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NELL IRVIN PAINTER: March 24, 2012 Arthur Estabrook Papers, Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany, SUNY. Carrie Buck ...

MALARIA: How Hidden Can Malaria Be in Pregnant Women?

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How Hidden Can Malaria Be in Pregnant Women? Diagnosis by Microscopy, Placental Histology, Polymerase Chain Reaction and Detection of Histid...
Friday, 23 March 2012

TUBERCULOSIS: A new global strategy for TB vaccines

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Michael Regnier Saturday 24 March, it will be exactly 130 years since Robert Koch identified the cause of tuberculosis (TB) and while there...

POVERTY: SUDAN: Food crisis looms as bombs drive farmers from their fields

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DAR, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Peter Moszynski/IRIN Tall pillars of smoke rise in the distance after an air raid as seen from these bu...

POVERTY: MALI: Rebellion claims a president

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BAMAKO, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo Just-ousted President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré Former Malian Preside...

POVERTY: INDONESIA: Facing the stigma of leprosy

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JAKARTA, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Mark Wilson/IRIN Leprosy patients, shunned in the community, retreat to a compound village In In...

POVERTY: Myanmar to immunize 6.4 million against measles

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YANGON, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Courtesy of UNICEF Myanmar Millions targeted in measles campaign The Burmese Ministry of Health, i...

TUBERCULOSIS: Childhood tuberculosis a “hidden epidemic”

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NAIROBI/NAROK, 22 March 2012 (PlusNews)  Photo: Kenneth Odiwuor/IRIN Childhood TB has been dangerously neglected Globally, an estimated...

MALARIA: Imported malaria and dengue fever in returned travelers in Japan from 2005 to 2010

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Imported malaria and dengue fever in returned travelers in Japan from 2005 to 2010 ( Article in press ) Mizuno, Y.a ,Kato, Y.a,Kano, S.b,T...

POVERTY: UGANDA: Meningitis outbreak kills 16 in north

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KAMPALA, 23 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN Meningitis vaccination can significantly reduce mortality (file photo) At leas...

POVERTY: MADAGASCAR: Addressing toilet taboos to improve sanitation

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TAMATAVE, 23 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN A lack of latrines has led to rivers being contaminated In Madagascar's east...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Malaria: video

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To kill a mosquito while singing in French! http://www.blogger.com/goog_2013061920

POVERTY: AFRICA: Slum dweller representatives denounce forced evictions

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NAIROBI, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN More than a billion people live in slums Slum dwellers from across Africa ...

MALNUTRITION: NIGER: Drought does not mean death of pastoralism

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DIFFA REGION, 22 March 2012 (IRIN)  Photo: Jaspreet Kindra/IRIN A man ferries a precious drum of water through a sandstorm. Failed rains ...