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 | Senegal records 14 Swine Flu cases | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Minister of Health and Prevention, Modou
Diagne Fada, on Monday announced that the country had recorded 14 cases of the s
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ine flu, confirmed by the Pasteur Institute of Dakar.
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| 40% cancer cases preventable, says WHO | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Up to 40 per cent of all cancers could be prevented thro
ugh changes in lifestyle and improved prevention and screening policies, the WHO
Regional Office for Europe said ahead of the World Cancer Day on 4 February, PAN
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reported.
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| Cholera kills 4 in Southern Benin | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cholera reappeared in Southern Benin, killing four out o
f the 63 patients declared in Bonou, east-south, about 90km from Cotonou, Dr. La
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rent Assogba, National Director of Benin's Health Protection (DNPS) said Tuesday
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| Over 400,000 Libyans vaccinated against swine flu | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 403,000 Libyans have been vaccinated against the Sw
ine Flu since 4 January under the national treatment campaign against the diseas
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, according to the Libyan general popular committee of Health and Environment.
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| France's first Lady to visit Benin Tuesday | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Carla Bruni Sarkozy, France's first lady and ambassador
of the world
fund against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, is expected in Cotonou, the capital
of Benin Republic, on Tuesday for a two-day working visit.
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| Togo spends US$ 21 million on health in 2009-2013 | | Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government will spend a total of CFA F 10 bill
ion (about US$ 21 million) on health development in the country between 2009 and
2013, according to a communique of the Council of Ministers, issued here Friday.
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| Measles kill 19 in Zimbabwe | | Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health authorities in Zimbabwe said on Thursday that m
easles recently killed 19 children in the eastern part of the country, bringing
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he death toll from an outbreak in the area to 41.
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| More than 100,000 Libyans immunized against swine flu | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 100,000 Libyan citizens have been immunized
against swine flu since the launch on 4 January of the national immunization cam
paign, the president of the Swine flu control management committee at the Libyan
National Centre for the prevention and control of transmitted and endemic diseas
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s, Dr Abderrahmane Mohamed Frara, said.
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| Tripoli holds swine flu awareness workshop | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An awareness-raising workshop on combating the swine flu
opened here on Tuesday with opinion leaders, journalists and members of the Lib
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an civil society organisation participating, PANA reported.
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| Critics challenge Jammeh's HIV/AIDS treatment claims | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh, has sparked a new wave
of criticisms by celebrating his controversial Presidential treatment programme
in a grand style at his native village of Kanilai, about 100 kilometres South/Ea
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t of Banjul, the Gambian capital, PANA reported Monday.
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| Mauritius, Australia to research on diabetes | | Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Australia Friday signed a Memorandu
m of Understanding (MoU) to further pursue research on Non Communicable Diseases
(NCD) in Mauritius, mainly regarding the Type 2 diabetes, PANA reported from her
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| Tanzania strives to cut malaria deaths | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian health authorities Friday embarked on
an ambitious plan to reduce incidences of malaria in the East African country b
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at least 80 percent over the next two years.
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| Libya to hire Bangladeshi doctors | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya intends to hire 156 doctors and 201 medical
assistants from Bangladesh to work in the country, the secretary of the Libyan
general people's committee for Health and Environment, Mohamed Hijazi,
announced on Thursday in Tripoli.
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| Malaria Consortium to improve community health workers performance in Africa | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Limited community involvement, shortages of med
icines and shortfalls in training materials are among
factors severely hampering the effectiveness of community based agents (CBAs) in
the treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases in
resource-poor countries, according to the UK-based Malaria Consortium.
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| ECOSOC calls for more welfare expenditure for women | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The chairwoman of the UN Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC), Mrs Sylvie Lucas, on Tuesday urged decision-makers in the world to inc
rease the welfare expenditure for women, particularly those in developing countr
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es.
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| Gambian president celebrates HIV/AIDS treatment Programme | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has said the thir
d anniversary of his Presidential Treatment Programme following his controversi
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l â?HIV/AIDS cure discoveryâ?, will be held 17 January at his native village of
Kanilai, which lies about 100 km South/East of Banjul City, PANA reported Tuesd
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y.
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| Nigerian opposition demands truth about Yar'Adua's health | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has dema
nded an immediate and concrete evidence of the state of health of President Umar
u
Yar'Adua, saying the latest whirl of rumours surrounding the President's health
was due to the continuing lack of verifiable news about his condition.
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| Libya evolves strategy to promote organ transplants | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - To cope with the increasing number of patients for organ
transplants, the Libyan National Organ Transplants Programme has developed a na
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ional strategy to promote the donation of organs in the country, PANA reported f
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om here Friday.
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| Gambia Red Cross raises alarm on Influenza Pandemic | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Mamodou Bah, the Secretary General of the Gambia Red
Cross (GRCS), here Thursday urged stakeholders, government and NGOs to build a
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trong defence, including a strong team of experts, to handle any incidence of th
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Influenza (H2P) Pandemic to prevent an outbreak in the country.
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| Global fund grants 19b F CFA to Mali against AIDS | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the Global AIDS Control Fund Monday signed
an agreement in Bamako totalling about 19 billion F CFA (9.82 million
euros) as part of the implementation of the National Strategic Framework
(CSN) to fight AIDS over the period 2006-2012.
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| Global fund grants 91b F CFA to Mali against AIDS | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the Global AIDS Control Fund Monday signed an
agreement in Bamako totalling about 91 billion F CFA (9.82 million euros) as
part of the implementation of the National Strategic Framework (CSN) to fight
AIDS over the period 6002-.0102
The programme, whose beneficiaries are the Supreme National Aids Control
Council in Mali and the "Groupe Pivot", a civil society organisation, will
contribute to the strengthening of the prevention of sexual transmission in
vulnerable groups.
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| Global fund grants 19b F CFA to Mali against AIDS | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the Global AIDS Control Fund Monday signed an agr
eement in Bamako
totalling about 19 billion F CFA (28.9 million euros) as part of the implementat
ion of the National Strategic Framework (CSN) to fight AIDS over the period
2006-2010.
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