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Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:43:14 +0000

Source: Reuters * 170 million vaccines expected for U.S. market * Universal vaccination now recommended By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Two flu vaccine makers said on ...

Two die in Florida from mosquito-borne disease

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:53:06 +0000

Source: Reuters * Swampy Florida battling several mosquito-borne diseases * Eastern Equine Encephalitis has also infected 60 horses By Robert Green TAMPA, Fla., July 30 (Reuters) - Two Florida residents have ...

Thousands flee Congo clashes, security worsens

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:11:04 +0000

Source: Reuters * 90,000 flee fighting with Islamic Ugandan rebels * More than 1.9 mln displaced, up from 1.6 mln in 2009 By Katrina Manson KINSHASA, July 30 (Reuters) - Almost 90,000 people have fled fighting ...

Eastern Africa polio-free, but cases found in Russia

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:22:51 +0000

Source: Reuters * Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda report no cases for a year * But new polio cases detected in Russia and Congo GENEVA, July 30 (Reuters) - Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four ...

Treaty banning cluster bombs takes effect worldwide as campaigners and survivors celebrate this milestone

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:13:00 +0000

Handicap International - UK The Convention on Cluster Munitions takes effect on Sunday 1st August 2010, when it becomes legally binding for states that have joined around the world. Worldwide, campaigners from the Cluster ...

Pakistan: More than 550,000 people affected by torrential rainfalls and floods - Malteser International starts medical emergency relief in Swat District

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:50:00 +0000

Malteser International - Germany Swat/Cologne. Malteser International, the relief service of the Order of Malta for worldwide hu-manitarian aid, provides emergency relief for about 10,000 flood-affected families in Swat District with ...

ZIMBABWE: Low breastfeeding rates threaten PMTCT efforts

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:43:38 +0000

Source: IRIN Health and nutrition experts in Zimbabwe are worried that one of the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the region could have a negative impact on the country's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programme.

UNHCR concerned about deportations to Mogadishu as fighting continues

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:41:13 +0000

Source: UNHCR UNHCR condemns continuing violence in Somalia, saying that dozens of Somali civilians had been killed and scores wounded in this week's escalation.

MYANMAR: NGOs cut programmes as government takes on recovery oversight

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:40:00 +0000

Source: IRIN Funding shortages are forcing NGOs to cut operations in the Ayeyarwady Delta, as the Myanmar government takes on oversight for recovery efforts two years after Cyclone Nargis on 1 August.

Somalia: Displacement and worsening humanitarian situation as a result of ongoing violence and conflict

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Renewed fighting in Mogadishu and other areas of Somalia since May 2009 has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians and also exacerbated the already desperate humanitarian situation of existing internally displaced people (IDPs), in particular the children and women among them.