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-A World Health Organization (WTO) official gives a dose of Polio Vaccine to Somali children in Tosweyn village, in the Baidoa region, Somalia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000. The U.N. health agency will vaccinate nearly 3 million children in the Horn of Africa this month against polio, a crippling disease that experts fear could spread rapidly along the region's volatile borders. The campaign will target children under 5 in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. "Nomadic people move between these countries all the time, so the idea is to try to get to these children and protect them," said Dr. Mohamed Dahir Duale, a Kenya-based doctor with the World Health Organi
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Ghana scores high marks on Polio
Deputy Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Rene Van Dongen said that out of three countries in the West African sub-region, Ghana has not had an outbreak of polio this year.... (photo: AP / Sayyid Azim)
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie speaks to reporters after meeting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh Tuesday July 6, 2004. Cambodia's prime minister on Tuesday offered Jolie Cambodian citizenship in recognition for her nature conservation work in this poverty stricken country.
Adopting   Angelina   Baby   Oscar   Photos  
 The Boston Globe 
Angelina Jolie adopting again
| Angelina Jolie is set to adopt a baby from Syria. | The Oscar-winning actress - who already has three adopted children, as well as three biological ones, with partner Brad Pitt - has reportedly star... (photo: AP / Andy Eames)
Any hope for the poor of our time?  Modern Ghana 
Any hope for the poor of our time?
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services an... (photo: WN / Eteh)

Africa   Health   Hunger   Photos   Poverty  
The government is keen to stress that emergency contraception must not replace the condom  IRINnews 
KENYA: More education needed on emergency contraception
web | NAIROBI, 10 November 2009 (PlusNews) - Three years after the Kenyan government began to promote emergency contraception as part of its family planning strategy, the "morning-after pill" remains ... (photo: IRIN News / Edgar Mwakaba)
Education   Health   Kenya   Nairobi   Photos  
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SOUTH AFRICA: TV ad delivers silent HIV message IRINnews
SOUTH AFRICA: TV ad delivers silent HIV message
web | JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2009 (PlusNews) - A television advertisement that will air in South Africa in November aims to reach deaf people with vital information ab... (photo: WN / Eteh)

Africa   Aids   Health   Johannesburg   Photos  
Inside the Misr Railway Station in Alexandria, Egypt.  Alexandria is served by the nearby Alexandria International Airport, located 7 km to the southeast. Another airport serves Alexandria named Borg al Arab Airport located about 25 km away from city center. Middle East Online
No dignity for Egyptians
The latest train tragedy in Egypt, a collision that killed 18 and wounded tens, wasn’t surprising; it came following a series of fatal train accidents, the most deadly of... (photo: Creative Commons / Timsdad)

Egypt   People   Photos   Tragedy   Train  
We are in Djemeke a village located at 20km in the North-East of the town of Lome.Nous sommes  Djemeke un village situ  20km au nord-est de la ville de Lom. Two young children girl and a young boy.    Deux jeunes enfants fille et un jeune garon.          Togo and Africa United Nations
UNICEF chief focuses on child health, climate change on visit to Mali
| UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman10 November 2009 – The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said greater attention should be paid to the negative im... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Children   Health   Mali   Photos   Unicef  
Reese's Puffs United Nations
Millions of poor across Africa set to suffer deepening food crisis, warns UN report
| 10 November 2009 – Despite good global cereal harvests this year, millions of people in dozens of poor countries are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian aid due... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)

Cereal   Food   Good   People   Photos  
Gwyneth Paltrow National Post
Paltrow, Kidman to play married couple
 Agence France-PresseNovember 10, 2009 3:03 AM   | Oscar-winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman are to play husband and wife in an upcoming film about the world's f... (photo: AP / )

Actress   Couple   Drama   Industry   Photos  
Women selling fashion beads and other jeweleries at an open-air market in Freetown. Modern Ghana
All Women Workshop Opens In Accra
A TWO-WEEK international workshop, organized by Art in Aktion, for female artists drawn from nine countries in Africa and Europe is currently underway in Kwabenya, a sere... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Accra   Africa   Art   Photos   Women  
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