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| May.26 |
 Myanmar |
 Disease fears loom over Myanmar| The junta insists health conditions are normal in devastated Irawaddy delta. But in many areas they are a recipe for disease | |
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| Dec.16 |
 Pakistan |
 Deadly bird flu jumps International health experts have been dispatched to Pakistan to help investigate the cause of South Asia's first outbreak in people
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| Aug.7 |
 India |
Millions face flood disease threat  The UN is warning of a health crisis in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the rains and flash flooding
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| Mar.16 |
Mumbai |
5 more nations hit by bird flu Afghanistan, India and Myanmar had confirmed H5N1 caused recent outbreaks
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| Mar.12 |
Myanmar |
Burma reports first bird flu case The virus H5N1 was detected after more than 100 chickens died near Mandalay earlier this month
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| Feb.21 |
India |
Chicken slaughter expanded| Officials widening to 6.2 miles the radius of the zone in which all poultry is being killed to stop the spread of H5N1 | |
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| Feb.19 |
India |
India carries out huge bird cull| Health officials are engaged in a cull of half a million birds, after finding the country's first cases of the H5N1 strain | |
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| Jan.8 |
India |
India 'loses 10m female births' More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years
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| Nov.29 |
Pakistan |
Pneumonia takes hold in quake zone Hundreds of people, most of them children, have contracted pneumonia as harsh winter weather sets in
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| Oct.11 |
Pakistan |
 Disease threat for quake zone Weather is hampering relief efforts to survivors of the deadliest quake in S. Asia for a century
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| Jul.28 |
Mumbai |
Disease fears after monsoon Authorities are racing against time to prevent epidemics as the death toll from a monsoon reaches 700
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| Dec.27 |
 Sri Lanka |
 Survivors face disease threat Relief workers warn of greater tragedy ahead if disease breaks out on a wide scale
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| Aug.2 |
 Bangladesh |
Flood aftermath compounds misery| Disease is adding to the misery of millions of people still huddled in shelters or stranded in their flooded homes | |
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| Jul.29 |
Bangladesh |
Flood health crisis looms in Dhaka Sewage mixes with floodwaters swirling through the capital. The United Nations has called for an international aid effort
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| Jul.18 |
Southern India |
Battle to save school fire casualties Nearly 20 children are still in hospital in the town of Kumbakonam which has been shrouded in gloom
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| Jul.3 |
India |
India, China face AIDS catastrophe An infectious disease expert has warned that the disease spreads deeper into the region
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| Apr.19 |
Southern India |
 India reports first SARS case In samples from a patient in Goa National Institute of Virology confirmed the presence of the newly identified coronavirus
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| Apr.17 |
India |
India reports first case of SARS A 32-year-old engineer had contracted the virus after traveling through southeast Asia
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| Oct.31 |
 Afghanistan |
Pregnancy death rate soars Warnings have been issued about the soaring maternal death rates after it was revealed that 50 women die each day
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| Sep.3 |
India |
18 babies died at state-run hospital Shortage of oxygen and hospital beds may have contributed to the high death toll. An investigation has begun
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| May.17 |
Afghanistan |
 Virus: 20 more cases Another 20 British soldiers in Afghanistan have displayed symptoms of a mysterious disease
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