Zambia plans to immunise 1.6 million children against measles this week, Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao said Monday, as the nation suffers the worst outbreak of the disease in years.
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Zambia to immunise 1.6 mln children against measles
July 19th, 2010 
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No Comments »Global economic crisis threatens fight against AIDS
July 17th, 2010 The FLHC The global fight against HIV/AIDS is threatened by stagnating economies around the world, which have caused governments to shrink their budgets and, with them, grants to fight the illness.
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Posted in News Tags: against, AIDS, budgets, crisis, economic, fight, global, global fight, governments, health news, hiv, hiv aids, threatens No Comments »Race against time to sanitize lead-epidemic hit Nigeria
June 11th, 2010 The FLHC Armed with hoes and shovels, men clad in protective suits carefully and steadily excavate a layer of soil contaminated with dangerous levels of lead around a homestead in northern Nigeria.
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Posted in News Tags: against, Armed, dangerous levels, excavate, health news, hoes, homestead, layer, leadepidemic, Nigeria, northern Nigeria, protective suits, Race, sanitize, shovels, time No Comments »Vaccine against deadly brain cancer shows promise
June 2nd, 2010 The FLHC A small, early-stage trial of a therapeutic brain cancer vaccine developed by ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd showed that nearly half the patients were alive without their cancer worsening 18 months after diagnosis, the company said on Wednesday.
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Posted in News Tags: against, brain, brain cancer vaccine, Cancer, Deadly, diagnosis, health news, promise, shows, stage trial, trial, Vaccine, yahoo No Comments »How do the healthy fats in nuts and seeds help protect against cardiovascular disease?
June 2nd, 2010 The FLHC How do the healthy fats in nuts and seeds help protect against cardiovascular disease?
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Posted in Nutrition Tags: against, cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease, disease, fats, healthiest foods, healthy, help, nuts, nuts and seeds, protect, seeds No Comments »FDA mulls 'criminal penalties' against J&J unit
May 29th, 2010 The FLHC US authorities are considering "criminal penalties" against a unit of Johnson & Johnson following its recall of millions of bottles of liquid children?s Tylenol and other pediatric medicines, an official said.
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Posted in News Tags: 'criminal, against, amp, authorities, criminal penalties, health news, Johnson, medicines, mulls, penalties', quot, tylenol, unit, US, yahoo No Comments »UN ‘blows whistle’ in media campaign against hunger (AFP)
May 11th, 2010 The FLHC AFP – The UN food agency launched a worldwide media campaign Tuesday to “blow the whistle” on hunger, a scourge that affects nearly one billion people.
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February 26th, 2010 The FLHC If you’re prone to worrying whether your ‘bum looks big in this’, particularly after the Christmas period, you can take comfort that there may be health benefits.
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