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08 Apr 2008 Dr Vanessa Field, Hospital for Tropical Diseases
25 MARCH 2008 | GENEVA -- Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' in public health. Somalia has not reported a case since 25 March 2007, a major landmark in the intensified eradication effort launched last year to wipe out the disease in the remaining few strongholds.
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18 Feb 2008 Nick Henwood
Africa Malaria Day was a day that was set aside by African governments committed to rolling back malaria and meeting the United Nations malaria-related Millennium Development Goals. But now Member states of the World Health Organisation agree that greater awareness is needed. It is hoped that the establishment of World Malaria Day will mobilize communities across the world to get involved in the fight.
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12 Feb 2008 Nick Henwood
“Epidemics are moments of truth, when both knowledge and power are unveiled”, stated Dr Neville Hicks, Uniting Church, Australia, setting the tone for the global theological consultation on HIV prevention held in the first week of February in South Africa.
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