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» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
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» 20.11.2007 - Unknown illness hits Angola
» 16.11.2007 - Guineans get free malaria drugs
» 15.11.2007 - Fever kills 96 Sudanese
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
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» 05.09.2007 - Mystery disease ravages DRC
» 03.09.2007 - Row over South African minister’s health turns sour
» 29.08.2007 - CAR crisis displaces 291,000
» 29.08.2007 - Chad: 40,000 anti-malaria nets for refugees
» 23.08.2007 - Angola: Luanda's residents drink suspect water
» 10.08.2007 - $20.6 million grant for Senegal’s anti-malaria campaign
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