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Liberia: Measles Vaccination Campaign

The Government of Liberia, with support from United Nations agencies, will launch a week-long measles vaccination campaign on Wednesday targeting all children in Nimba County, which hosts over 30,000 refugees who fled the political turmoil in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. As … Continue reading

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SUDAN: Visceral leishmaniasis outbreak adds to returnees’ woe

NAIROBI, 30 December 2010 (IRIN) – The influx of returnees from the north to Southern Sudan ahead of an independence referendum scheduled for 9 January 2011 is raising fears of a more widespread outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a disease which … Continue reading

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