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      Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      Health workers excavate soil contaminated by lead at Dareta village, Anka district in Zamfara State in 2010. A lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria's north that has killed 400 children and affected thousands is the worst in modern history, but cleanup has not even begun in many areas, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Nigeria lead poisoning 'worst in modern history': HRW

      Bulletin: Nigeria lead poisoning 'worst in modern history': HRW

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      A mother and her child sit on a bed covered with a mosquito net near Bagamoyo, north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam, in 2009. Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people a year, nearly 50 percent more than previously thought, and inflicts a high toll among adults and older children and not just toddlers, a new investigation says.
      Bulletin: Malaria toll far higher than thought: study

      Bulletin: Malaria toll far higher than thought: study

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      Patients receive medication at a typhoid screening and treatment centre in a temporary tent at a clinic in the Kuwadzana township on January 24 in Harare. Zimbabwe is reporting up to 50 cases of typhoid per day and has treated more than 1,500 people in an outbreak blamed on poor water and sanitation facilities, the health minister said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Zimbabwe treats more than 1,500 typhoid cases

      Bulletin: Zimbabwe treats more than 1,500 typhoid cases

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      A woman cares for her child as cholera victims sit on beds at a clinic in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma in 2008. Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.
      Bulletin: Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN

      Bulletin: Spike in cholera cases in DR Congo: UN

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      Women take part in a procession to mark World AIDS day in Goma in 2007. Eighty-six percent of HIV-positive people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have no access to anti-retrovirals, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday.
      Bulletin: DR Congo HIV patients have little access to anti-retrovirals

      Bulletin: DR Congo HIV patients have little access to anti-retrovirals

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      Vendors on their way to a market in Harare. At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe

      Bulletin: Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe

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      A nurse takes a blood sample in a mobile clinic set up to test students for HIV at Madwaleni high school near Mtubatuba in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, March 2011. South Africa, home to the highest number of HIV cases in the world, should see a massive reduction by the end of the decade after a sea-change in government policy, a UNAIDS official said Thursday.
      Bulletin: UN sees 'massive' fall in South Africa AIDS cases

      Bulletin: UN sees 'massive' fall in South Africa AIDS cases

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      Hosni Mubarak's doctor said the former Egyptian president (pictured) is not undergoing chemotherapy for cancer but suffers from weak muscles and limited mobility, in a rare interview published Wednesday.
      Bulletin: Mubarak 'not undergoing chemotherapy': medic

      Bulletin: Mubarak 'not undergoing chemotherapy': medic

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      This file photo shows smoked monkey meat, displayed for sale in Nigeria. Bushmeat illegally imported from Africa and seized at five top US airports often contained potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a new study made public in the US.
      Bulletin: Illegally imported bushmeat contained bacteria: study

      Bulletin: Illegally imported bushmeat contained bacteria: study

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      A man stands in front of a tobacconist in Dakar. Philip Morris International's decision to slash the price of its best-selling Marlboro brand by 40% in Senegal has left health officials and activists fuming.
      Bulletin: Senegal to snub cheaper 'Welcome to Marlboro Country'

      Bulletin: Senegal to snub cheaper 'Welcome to Marlboro Country'

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