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      Thursday 20 June  
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      A patient undergoes tests for the sleeping sickness disease in Chad. Tests have started on a new pill that could revolutionise treatment for the tens of thousands of people in Africa infected with life-threatening sleeping sickness have started in two countries, according to a non-profit pharmaceutical group.
      Bulletin: Hope for sleeping sickness treatment as trial starts

      Bulletin: Hope for sleeping sickness treatment as trial starts

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      File photo shows a child receiving a vaccination against meningitis in the Al Neem camp for Internally Displaced People in el-Dain, East Darfur, in October 2012. In a breakthrough for the fight against meningitis in poor countries, researchers say the WHO has ruled that a key vaccine can be transported or stored for up to four days without refrigeration.
      Bulletin: WHO eases rules on meningitis vaccine: researchers

      Bulletin: WHO eases rules on meningitis vaccine: researchers

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      A woman holds her baby in her arms beneath a mosquito net at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2011. New tests with the world's first candidate malaria vaccine have shown that it protects a third of six- to 12-week-old infants -- less effective than in older babies, its developers said.
      Bulletin: Mixed results for malaria trial vaccine

      Bulletin: Mixed results for malaria trial vaccine

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      A bird sits atop a tree at Kruger National Park in Suoth Africa. An outbreak of anthrax has killed at least 30 hippopotamus in the famed wildlife reserve, the country's parks authority said.
      Bulletin: Anthrax kills 30 hippos in S. Africa's Kruger park

      Bulletin: Anthrax kills 30 hippos in S. Africa's Kruger park

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      A still from a video shows Islamist fighters walking in the streets of Gao in June 2012. Two people have died and 26 others have been infected by an outbreak of cholera in Gao, northern Mali, a region occupied by hardline Islamist groups, officials told AFP on Wednesday.
      Bulletin: Cholera outbreak in northern Mali kills two

      Bulletin: Cholera outbreak in northern Mali kills two

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      Image provided by Sanofi shows people lining up to undergo tests for the disease called Human African trypanosomiasis, a tropical disease that eats into the brain. It is commonly known as sleeping sickness.
      Bulletin: African sleeping sickness shrouded in superstition

      Bulletin: African sleeping sickness shrouded in superstition

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      A laboratory technician prepares blood samples for malaria testing in Tanzania in 2009. More than a third of malaria drugs examined by scientists in Southeast Asia were fake, and a similar proportion analysed in Africa were below standard, doctors warned on Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Third of malaria drugs in SE Asia, Africa are fake

      Bulletin: Third of malaria drugs in SE Asia, Africa are fake

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      A nurse takes a blood sample to test for hepatitis C. The American University in Cairo says it has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians.
      Bulletin: Egyptians design 'faster, cheaper' hepatitis C test

      Bulletin: Egyptians design 'faster, cheaper' hepatitis C test

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      Some cancer drugs used to treat patients with leukemia may also help stop the Ebola virus and give the body time to control the infection before it turns deadly, US researchers said on Wednesday.
      Bulletin: Cancer drugs could halt Ebola virus

      Bulletin: Cancer drugs could halt Ebola virus

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      Patrick Anywar, 14, one of more than 3,000 children in northern Uganda who are suffering from a mystery ailment known as nodding disease, sits in the dust outside his family home in Tumangu village in northern Uganda this month. For several years, scientists have tried and failed to determine the cause of the illness, which locals say has killed hundreds of youngsters.
      Bulletin: 'Nodding disease' confounds experts, kills children

      Bulletin: 'Nodding disease' confounds experts, kills children

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