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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:47:38 GMT
The Ministry of Education there has told local UNICEF officials that some 10 schools in the Lusaka areas are under water. The flooding has already caused a spike in water-borne illnesses in Zambia. At least 900 cases of cholera have been reported, of which 19 were fatal.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:05:48 GMT
Working with the Ugandan Government, which is leading the emergency response, UN officials have said that so far there are no reports of cholera, but warned about the possible health risks of increased malaria, acute malnutrition and psychological disorders.

Cholera News : Mar. 10, St. Marie Eugenie Milleret, Founder
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:33 GMT
Today is the feast of St. Marie Eugenie Milleret, founder of the Religious of the Assumption. She was born in Metz, France, in 1817. When she was fifteen, Marie Eugenie’s parents separated and she moved to Paris with her mother and brother, only to see her mother die of cholera shortly afterwards.

Tourism in PD hits a snag
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:39:15 GMT
PORT DICKSON: Campaigns by the state government to promote this resort town as the premier tourist destination hit a snag when authorities closed almost half of the 31 food premises inspected here recently for two weeks for poor hygiene.

Hitting the high notes
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:45 GMT
This year’s ‘Dedication to Maestro’ festival pays homage to composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The State Hermitage Museum will play host to the 4th ‘Dedication to Maestro’ international music festival from March 12 to March 20, once again celebrating renowned composers and musical diversity.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:33:03 GMT
The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) says the number of typhoid infections is closer to 50, a number which includes many school children from Simudzai Primary school.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:47:38 GMT
Chavane said that the worst hit province is Zambezia which, from 1 January until Thursday morning had reported 1,099 cases and 19 deaths. The vast majority of these cases - 959 - were diagnosed in the district of Gurue.

MOZAMBIQUE: Flood situation under control
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:29:11 GMT
Source: IRIN Rivers throughout central and northern Mozambique are swollen above flood alert level and thousands of people have been relocated to higher ground, but national disaster management authorities and aid agencies in Mozambique say the situation is under control.

ZIMBABWE: Typhoid kills five people
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:59:10 GMT
Source: IRIN Typhoid fever has killed five people in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and 30 others were being treated for the bacterial disease, the city's health director, Stanley Mungofa, told a media briefing on 9 March 2010.

Morbid Curiosity
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:39:52 GMT
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. — Dorothy Parker ‘Huh. I never thought about it like that.” The others paused in a conversation they were having about cocktails and looked my way. I pointed to the giant book on the table before me.

Also In Global Health News: WFP In Somalia; Ugandans Displaced By Landslides; Polio Vaccination Campaign In Nigeria ...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:39 GMT
Nearly 50% Of Food Aid Sent To Somalia Never Makes It To People In Need As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new Security Council report, the New York Times reports. The report, which has not yet been made public ...

Thousands of displaced civilians in DRC trapped by conflict, wounded unable to reach hospitals in Hauts Plateaux ...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:00 GMT
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International MSF calls on all armed groups to respect the safety of civilians and allow them access to healthcare MSF and

Health official warns public on dry spell health risks
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:31 GMT
A HEALTH official has cautioned Thursday residents of Zamboanga City against the potential health risks brought by the onset of the El Niño phenomenon. read more

Obama convenes key Senators to hammer out wish list for stalled US climate bill
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:08:26 GMT
NEW YORK – US President Obama this week huddled for the first time with Senators who are pushing the currently mothballed climate bill, meeting with a dozen crucial senators in a final surge to pass the legislation that is bound to be fraught with a number of compromised that will be less palatable to the environmental and international community.

Anne Curtis Inside Out
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:45 GMT
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Zimbabwe : Forty-Nine On Death Row
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:04 GMT
Harare — FORTY-NINE inmates at Harare Central Prison are on death row out of the 1 221 currently incarcerated at the institution, statistics provided by the Zimbabwe Prison Service show.

Robert Fisk: Living proof of the Armenian genocide
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:12 GMT
It's only a small grave, a rectangle of cheap concrete marking it out, blessed by a flourish of wild yellow lilies. Inside are the powdered bones and skulls and bits of femur of up to 300 children, Armenian orphans of the great 1915 genocide who died of cholera and starvation as the Turkish authorities tried to Turkify them in a converted Catholic college high above Beirut. But for once, it is ...

Urgent Medical Supplies In Landslide-Hit Uganda
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:53:23 GMT
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is sending $50,000 in emergency funding to Uganda where deadly mudslides and flooding have left hundreds of thousands of people in need of shelter, food, safe water and proper sanitation, and at an increased ...

Remember the Crimea. Look after the Army
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:11:29 GMT
There is a moment in every war when it becomes necessary to wheel out the big guns, the heaviest weapons in the armoury. In the continuing war in Afghanistan, it is time to deploy the moral firepower of William Howard Russell, the greatest Times war reporter of them all.

Invasive pork: House OKs Tyler bill that legalizes feral pig hunting
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:57:20 GMT
The state is close to declaring open season on feral pigs to tackle the growing problem, which has spread into Cass and Berrien counties.

An epidemic of antisocial behaviour
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:12:04 GMT
New figures show 3.6 million incidents of antisocial behaviour reported to police last year, but senior officers believe the true figure could be double that.

Bangladesh: Vaccination campaign targets 20 million children
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:40:26 GMT
PANCHAGARH, Bangladesh, 10 March 2010 – On a foggy February morning in Nayabari village, north-western Bangladesh, Johura Begum and her two grandchildren awoke at dawn. They dressed and went to a neighbour's house, joining some 30 other women and children for 'khesra teeka', or measles vaccinations.

Forty-nine on death row
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:08:08 GMT
FORTY-NINE inmates at Harare Central Prison are on death row out of the 1 221 currently incarcerated at the institution, statistics provided by the Zimbabwe Prison Service show.

WHO supports Uganda mudslide emergency health needs
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:14:31 GMT
Source: World Health Organisation 10 March 2010 -- Health Action in Crises (HAC) has provided US$50,000 to WHO Uganda to help procure urgently needed medical supplies to respond to the health needs of several landslides caused by heavy rains that started 25 February. Additional support will be needed to treat the wounded, prevent disease and coordinate the health response.

Nigeria : 40 Children Die As Measles Scourge in Bayelsa Worsens
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:07:49 GMT
Yenagoa — Attempts to contain the spread of the outbreak of measles ravaging some communities in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State may have suffered a setback, as no fewer than forty children have reportedly lost their lives to the ailment, with several others in critical condition.

Zimbabwe : Garbage Disposal - Corporates Must Chip in
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:22:06 GMT
Harare — Green bomber flies buzz and summersault effortlessly on a huge mound of rubbish, an assortment of rotten food, empty cans and plastic that have been heaping in the alley for several weeks.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:25:07 GMT
He said the mines are flooded resulting in the submersion of underground equipment grounding operations at the mines. This has rendered workers jobless as it is unsafe to continue underground operations.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:48:25 GMT
Local Government and Housing Deputy Minister Moses Muteteka told the House that Lusaka City Council realised over K 14 billion from property rates between January and December 2008.

Recent Releases In Global Health
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:32:34 GMT
WHO Bulletin Examines Communicable Diseases In Southeast Asia The WHO's March Bulletin is a special themed issue focusing on communicable diseases in Southeast Asia. The publication addresses tuberculosis, cholera, neglected tropical diseases and family planning in the region (March 2010). Ahead Of International Women's Day, Lancet Editorial Calls For Increased Investment In Maternal Health A ...

Photos about emergency services
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:10:58 GMT
Healthcare emergency A Zimbabwean man pushes a relative ill with cholera to a hospital in Harare this week. The UN has warned that parts of t... All smiles Former president Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday attends a press conference after an emergency Southern African Development Commu...

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:48:15 GMT
We are also giving out free chlorine to the people in affected areas. Our appeal to the public is to ensure they observe hygiene to avoid the spread of Cholera, she said.

Proof of the Armenian genocide can be found at hilltop orphanage
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:06:03 GMT
This story is another sad legacy of the continuing genocide denial of the modern day nation of Turkey. Turkey's history is stained with the blood of a million and a half christian men, women and child...

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:12:17 GMT
The Red Cross has provided the area with medical supplies that can treat 1,000 patients suffering from cholera. For the time being the situation is ok, but we are ready if there is an outbreak, said Uganda's Country Director Michael Nataka.

Rapes begin when darkness falls in Haiti
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:16:20 GMT
There are growing concerns about the deteriorating security situation in earthquake-devastated Haiti, as US troops prepare to leave the country.

'A societal question'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:03:55 GMT
The battle against cardiovascular disease is the topic of a conference.

Central Visayas not badly hit by El NiΓ±o
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:42 GMT
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas said Tuesday that the agricultural sector can now feel the effects of the El Niño phenomenon but is not yet as badly hit read more

Jenny Holzer: Nightmares in neon
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:11 GMT
Jenny Holzer's bold new show draws on US military memos and torture techniques. Adrian Searle is left feeling paranoid

Uganda : Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:17:43 GMT
Kampala — Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual.

The almanac
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:33:59 GMT
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

Central visayas feels weather effects
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:18:57 GMT
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) 7 yesterday said the agricultural sector in Central Visayas can now feel the effects of the El Niño phenomenon but is not yet as badly hit compared to other areas in the country. read more

Scrapping of clipper ship delayed
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:01:15 GMT
Plans to scrap a Sunderland-built clipper ship are postponed to give campaigners a chance to save her.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 | Overcast, 39.2 Β°F
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:14:14 GMT
Ballard High School students rehearse March 8 for The Secret Garden, which opens March 12. CLICK IMAGE FOR MORE PHOTOS.

Earthquake crisis moves Skagit medical professionals to help
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:32 GMT
Christina Jepperson wanted to head off to Haiti the moment she heard about the January earthquake. “My first thought was, ‘Oh my God, I have to do something,’” said…

Proof of the Armenian genocide can be found at hilltop orphanage
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:12 GMT
The US wants to deny that Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 was genocide. But the evidence is there, in a hilltop orphanage near Beirut, reports Robert Fisk Related Stories Turkey earthquake: Dozens killed while they slept Interpol seeks 16 over Dubai assassination Israelis and Palestinians agree to US-led talks Pope's brother linked to child abuse claims Pope's brother Georg ...

Parly committees to tour SMM, Zisco
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:45:07 GMT
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy will visit the Shabani Mashava Mines as the legislature takes an interest in why the mine stopped operations last week after being disconnected over non-payment of Zesa bills.

Lucy Gibson: For human safety, treat animal excrement
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:33:02 GMT
Dear Editor: In the bad old days, typhoid, cholera, and other water-borne diseases killed thousands, but after science taught us to site human waste disposal away from water supplies, and to treat drinking water, public health laws were made to protect people from this scourge. Today, cities require sewage treatment.

Heart docs say right choices tough for them too
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:13:00 GMT
People generally have the knowledge they need to stay healthy - they just aren't making the right choices, say doctors and public health experts.

Parks and Rec: Stop feeding ducks in City Parks
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:34:19 GMT
SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane residents have long enjoyed feeding ducks in Spokane parks, but officials say this can be harmful to ducks and humans. Signs have been posted by the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department in Manito, Cannon Hill and Riverfront Park encouraging the public to stop feeding ducks and other waterfowl.

Breastfeeding protects children against peptic ulcer bacterium
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:51 GMT
( University of Gothenburg ) Young children in developing countries are infected at an early age with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which can cause peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. New findings show that childrens´ immune responses help in fighting the bacteria. In addition, breastfeeding and better hygiene appear to protect against infection. The results provide hope for a vaccine ...

Breastfeeding protects children against peptic ulcer bacterium
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:58:12 GMT
Young children in developing countries are infected at an early age with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which can cause peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. New findings show that childrens' immune responses help in fighting the bacteria. In addition, breastfeeding and better hygiene appear to protect against infection. The results provide hope for a vaccine, according to research from the ...

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