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'Virtually untreatable' TB found
September 6, 2006 - BBC
A "virtually untreatable" form of TB has emerged, according to
the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Aids experts condemn SA minister
September 6, 2006 - BBC
More than 60 international experts on HIV/Aids have called for the resignation
of the South African health minister because of her stance on Aids
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HIV Nigerians 'treated like dogs'
Posted August 19, 2006 - IRIN NEWS
HIV-positive Nigerian seamstress Maryam Tamakloe tells BBC Network Africa
about the stigma of being a woman with Aids and what she wants from this
week's International Aids Conference in Toronto.
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LIBERIA: HIV/AIDS education, a first for Liberian classrooms
Posted August 10, 2006 - IRIN NEWS
MONROVIA, 8 Aug 2006 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - HIV/AIDS will be
on the curriculum next month for 10,000 Liberian students at the Lutheran
Church School System, the third largest church-school network in Liberia,
which has made HIV/AIDS education mandatory in its 40 schools.
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HIV/AIDS
On The Rise In Buchanan
August 1, 2006 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The deadly disease, HIV/AIDS, is said to be on the increase in the port
city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County about188 kilometers from Monrovia,
posing threat to the local population.
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Clinton
visits Liberia, takes HIV/AIDS initiative to Liberians
July 14, 2006 - FrontpageAfrica.com
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is urging African governments to encourage
people to take voluntary AIDS tests, saying it was the only way that newly
available drugs would have an impact on the epidemic
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Female
mutilation is 'birth risk'
June 2, 2006 - BBC
Female genital mutilation increases the risk of complications during childbirth
and infant mortality, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
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Cholera
Outbreak Terrorizes W/Africa -Over 7,291 Cases in Liberia
September 15, 2005 -The News (Monrovia)
Several West African Countries, including Liberia, Guinea, Mauritania, Guinea
Bissau, and Burkina Faso are said to be faced with Cholera outbreak. The
latest information comes as the Belgium-based medical group, Medecins Sans
Frontieres sent more staff and medical supplies in response to the outbreak.
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LIBERIA: Cholera epidemic kills 134 in
south-east
August 18, 2005 - UN Integrated Regional Information
Networks
MONROVIA, 18 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The death toll from a cholera
epidemic raging in south-eastern Sinoe County has leaped to 134, up from
just 29 a week ago, Liberia's Health Minister Peter Coleman said.
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LIBERIA: Lack of clean water blamed for cholera outbreak
which kills 29
August 11, 2005 - IRIN NEWS
MONROVIA, 11 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Cholera has killed at least
29 people in southeast Liberia, where heavy rains likely contaminated a
stream that is the sole source of water for inhabitants, a World Health
Organisation official said on Thursday.
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Mass Deaths in Sinoe, Over 135 Dead
August 11, 2005 -Liberian Observer (Monrovia)
The outbreak of a disease has reportedly claimed the lives of some 135 persons
at the Butaw Oil Palm Corporation (BOPC) in Sinoe County. The mysterious
disease kills barely three hours after attacking people, sources told the
Daily Observer.
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GUINEA: At least 30 people die of cholera,
health officials urge vigilance
July 11, 2005 - IRIN NEWS
CONAKRY, 11 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - A cholera outbreak in Guinea
has killed at least 30 people since the start of the rainy season in late
April, the head of the government’s disease prevention unit said on
Monday.
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Big jump in S African HIV cases
July 11, 2005 - BBC
South Africa's health department has released figures suggesting that HIV
infection rates in the country may be greater than previously thought.
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My Doctor Says My Cholesterol Is High
May 11, 2005 - The Liberian Connection
I have decided to bring to the open one of the many daily issues of discussions
from the Liberian community, and the topic of concern to me has to do with,
"My doctor says my cholesterol is high". Fellow citizens,
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COTE D IVOIRE: Doctor
concerned by high HIV prevalence rate in forgotten northeast
March 15, 2005 - IRIN
BONDOUKOU, 15 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Olivier Oura
is the only trained doctor available for Ivorians living with HIV/AIDS around
Bondoukou, and he's worried that poor security and communication in this
northeastern corner of Cote d'Ivoire may have landed it with the country's
highest HIV prevalence rate.
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CHAD: "Keep your
chin up, Miss!"
January 14, 2005 - IRIN
NDJAMENA, 14 Jan 2005 (IRIN) -
Gisele Ngamada, who is 36, found out she was HIV-positive five years ago.
She has lost custody of her children, she has given up sex and now has a
single aim in life - get to Europe as soon as possible for treatment.
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Rapid Spread Of AIDS
Worries BishopHarris
December 1, 2004 - The Analyst (Monrovia)
The President of the Liberian Council of
Churches and Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, Rev. Sumowood Harris
has categorically said HIV/AIDS has entered the church in Africa.
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150 More Persons Confirmed
HIV/Aids Positive in Liberia
October 20, 2004 - The Inquirer (Monrovia)The
deadly disease HIV/AIDS is said to be rapidly spreading across the country
with many more persons being confirmed positive and registered in just a
few months in Monrovia.
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Liberia's Workforce At Highest Risk of
HIV/Aids
August 27, 2004 -The Inquirer (Monrovia)
The Country Representative of the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) in Liberia, Dr. Deji Popoola has disclosed thatthe Liberian
workforce is at the highest risk of HIV/AIDS infection and needs to benefit
from communication tools that will reverse the imminent danger.
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GUINEA: Cholera epidemic kills 23 people
August 6, 2004 - IRIN
CONAKRY, 6 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Torrential
rains and inadequate supplies of safe drinking water have led to a cholera
epidemic in Guinea which has so far killed 23 people, Health Minister Amara
Seisay said.
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Africa losing nurses to Britain
August 4, 2004 -CNN
(CNN) -- Concern is mounting in Africa over
the growing number of well-educated and much-needed nurses who are leaving
the continent for better salaries and working conditions in Britain.
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GUINEA:
Refugee influx adds fuel to AIDS crisis in southeast Guinea
July 28, 2004 - IRIN
NZEREKORE, 26 Jul 2004 (IRIN) - There are
only two AIDS testing centres in the whole of Guinea and only one pilot
project supplying anti-retroviral drugs to a group of 50 people.
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Story
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