Health
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France: Paris Clean Cooking Summit To Reduce Millions Of Deaths.
Opening in Paris, the energy summit intends to raise billions of euros to finance increased access to clean cooking methods…
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Sierra Leone: President Maada Bio Has Declares Emergency Over The Drug “Kush” made from dead human bones.
The Republic of Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency over the use of a drug said to be made…
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Uganda: The Constitutional Court Rejects Petition To Overturn Anti-LGBTQ law.
Protest in London against Anti-LGBTQ law. The People of Uganda reacted with mixed feelings after the country’s Constitutional Court upheld…
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Burundi: Burundi Is Leaving No Stone Unturned Towards Eradicating Tuberculosis.
“I felt discomfort, pain throughout my body, with an intense cough. I had difficulty going about my daily activities,” confides…
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Zanzibar Island Tanzania: 9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized
An adult and eight children died after eating sea turtle meat on the Island of Zanzibar and seventy eight others…
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Africa: UN Alarmed Over Ever-Rising Cases of Female Genital Mutilation
The number of female genital mutilation survivors now exceeds 230 million worldwide, with most living in Africa, according to Unicef.…
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Norwegian Dawn: Mauritius says cruise ship can dock after cholera scare
At least 15 people on the Norwegian Dawn were in isolation with a stomach illness and authorities feared it was…
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Cape Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria
Cape Verde has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. The archipelago to the west of Senegal consists of 10…
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WHO Africa, UNICEF and Partners poised to advance implementation of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in countries
Nairobi – In a concerted effort to strengthen maternal and child health services across Africa, the World Health Organization, in collaboration…
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