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| Oct.10 |
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Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria| Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a form of polio. 69 children in the north have caught the disease from others who had already been immunised | |
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| Sep.15 |
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Disease alert in flood-hit Africa Severe flooding has wrecked hundreds of thousands of homes and left many people vulnerable to water-borne diseases
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| Jan.31 |
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 Nigeria's first human death from bird flu 22-year old woman in Lagos had died and a family member had been infected
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| Feb.12 |
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Fears bird flu has spread to humans| Nigeria: Nigerian health officials waited anxiously for test results on 2 children feared to be the first Africans infected | |
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| Feb.10 |
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UN urges Nigeria bird flu action| Nigeria must step up its measures to prevent further spread of the deadly virus | |
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| Feb.9 |
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More bird flu in Nigeria alarms WHO The deadly H5N1 strain has been found at two farms in Kano state and one in adjoining Plateau state
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Nigeria plans huge bird flu cull| A large-scale cull is being planned at a farm where thousands of chickens have died from bird flu | |
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| Feb.8 |
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Deadly bird flu found| Nigeria: A highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus has been found in poultry stocks, the first case of the disease in Africa | |
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| Jan.12 |
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World polio cases rose by a third in 2004 Switzerland: The number of cases rose by almost one-third after a vaccine boycott in Nigeria spawned a resurgence of the disease
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| Aug.24 |
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Fears of Africa polio epidemic The outbreak that originated in northern Nigeria is infecting new countries and threatens to become an epidemic
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| Jul.31 |
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Polio campaign restarted Nigeria: The state of Kano has resumed vaccinations after an 11-month ban that threatened efforts to eradicate the disease
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| Sep.9 |
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More U.S. marines contract Malaria Liberia: 10 more serving as part of the peacekeeping mission are showing signs of having contracted malaria
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| Jul.24 |
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 Water crisis in Monrovia Liberia: Supplies of safe drinking water have run out in most parts of the capital, increasing fears of cholera and other illnesses
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| Dec.15 |
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 WHO fears Ebola spread Gabon: An outbreak could spread to neighbouring countries. 11 suspected Ebola deaths have been confirmed
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| Dec.9 |
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WHO confirms Ebola outbreak Gabon: There are reports that 10 people had died of a mystery illness
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| Nov.23 |
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Cholera strikes Nigeria: 100 people killed in northern Nigeria in a week
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| Apr.27 |
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African AIDS summit Nigeria: State leaders and U.N. Secretary-General pushed for massive fund-raising campaigns to fight the pandemic
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