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afrol News, 18 November - A cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and his research team from Cairo, Milwaukee, and Mission Viejo, Calif., have detected the hardening of the arteries in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, indicating that heart disease is not just a condition found in modern humans.

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afrol News, 17 November - The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations from the dangerously infectious yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today.

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UN chief calls for support to fight diabetes

afrol News, 16 November - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for greater support to developing countries in preventing diabetes, which kills at least one million people every year, and in increasing access to health care.

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50 million H1N1 vaccines donation for developing countries

afrol News, 11 November - A giant pharmaceutical company is slated to donate 50 million doses of the pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the United Nations public health arm, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today.

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Seven African states in Malaria trial

afrol News, 9 November - Seven African countries will take part in a historic malaria vaccine trials, as the world scientists strive to root out Africa’s number one killer.

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