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afrol News, 17 April - The United Nations peacekeeping missin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been lauded for registering solid progress in trying to bring stability to the vast country's volatile eastern region.

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Somalia declared polio-free

afrol News, 27 March - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a major victory against polio in Somalia.

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afrol News, 19 March - With 4.6% annual growth rate, sub-Saharan Africa has undoubtedly topped urban growth rate in the world, a report by Habitat for Humanity Africa and the Middle East revealed.

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afrol News, 5 March - Health authorities in Egypt have confirmed the emergence of a new human case of the deadly avian influenza A [H5N1] virus infection.

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US boosts Africa's malaria war

afrol News, 19 February - US President George Bush has said in line with a broader campaign to combat malaria in sub-Saharan African, the American government will provide over five million mosquito nets to the region.

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» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 05.02.2008 - Global warming affects Africa
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 03.01.2008 - WHO alerts high risk malaria
» 27.12.2007 - Cholera strikes Congo
» 26.12.2007 - What's killing Gambian soldiers?
» 14.12.2007 - Sudan needs $2 billion
» 13.12.2007 - Uganda probes Ebola origin
» 10.12.2007 - Somalia war attracts disease
» 04.12.2007 - TB still Kenya's fast killer
» 03.12.2007 - Africa measles falls by 91%
» 27.11.2007 - Salt causes Angola illness
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 22.11.2007 - Malaria cripples Ghana’s health budget
» 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
» 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available
» 29.10.2007 - Diabetes threatens Ghanaians
» 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 19.10.2007 - Ghana study reveals low life expectancy
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 17.10.2007 - Nets aid Africa's malaria fight
» 07.09.2007 - High attrition cripples Ethiopia's health sector
» 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
» 01.08.2007 - Ebola-like fever hits Uganda
» 04.07.2007 - Liberia: Uncontrolled trash threatens public health
» 24.05.2007 - New health risk for Nigerian flu
» 11.05.2007 - Togo bans Ghana chickens
» 25.04.2007 - East Africa unveils tougher malaria fight
» 09.03.2007 - Uganda decries lack of research on sleeping sickness
» 01.02.2007 - Nigeria confirms first human bird flu death
» 26.01.2007 - Main malaria carriers identified in Cameroon
» 22.01.2007 - 15 million diabetics in Africa by 2025
» 14.12.2006 - Deadly infection hits Zambezi fish
» 27.10.2006 - African ambassadors bolster malaria fight
» 28.03.2006 - Another woman dies from bird flu in Egypt
» 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger
» 08.11.2005 - Dead birds reported at Somaliland coast
» 02.11.2005 - Measles death strongly declining in Africa
» 05.05.2005 - Nigerian polio now reaches Indonesia
» 22.04.2005 - Angola's Marburg cases still not isolated
» 20.04.2005 - Polio on return, also in Nigeria
» 29.03.2005 - Marburg epidemic spreading in Angola
» 14.03.2005 - African malaria comes to town
» 17.11.2004 - Nigeria polio immunisation finally successful
» 13.10.2004 - Côte d'Ivoire finds 12 new cases of polio
» 16.08.2004 - Bushmeat warning after new Cameroon virus
» 23.06.2004 - Polio eradication fails as Nigerian virus hits Darfur
» 24.05.2004 - Ebola outbreak confirmed in southern Sudan
» 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable"
» 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire
» 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
» 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa
» 23.01.2004 - Efforts against Guinea worm in Togo, Mali, Ghana
» 09.01.2004 - New polio cases in Benin, Cameroon
» 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea
» 02.05.2003 - Efforts to stop SARS from entering Africa

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