Medical aid agency a life-saver for Kashmiri villagers
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MACHIARA, Pakistan  - When the earthquake hit a year ago, the walls of the government dispensary in the remote mountain village of Machiara crumbled.
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To make matters worse in South Asia, the disaster zone is now being threatened with outbreaks of disease. The World Health Organization is warning that if fresh water and medicine
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YOU know you&#39;re probably in for a tough day at the office when you have to begin by calling for an ambulance. That&#39;s how it was for the Pakistanis yesterday as they checked all-rounder Abdul Razzaq -- who
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ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan  - Two rows of well-spaced  mattresses with brightly colored covers are laid out in a straw  hut, and the smiling nurse in surgical gloves gives an  injection to a crying baby held by his mother.
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KANAIPUR, India  - Every morning 10-year-old Indian villager Nipa Haldar crosses a canal in a small boat and trudges along a mud road for 20 minutes to reach school, pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse.
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The world's biggest-ever aid operation got into gear to help Asian countries stricken by tsunamis that smashed coastal towns leaving misery and the risk of disease in their wake.
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Sometimes it takes one doctor's persistence to help a desperate patient find relief.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - Aid officials said Monday that among the victims of the tsunami are the people most needed now: health-care workers.
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MALEGAON, India  - A lone doctor at a small   private hospital in an Indian town struggled on Saturday to   treat some 100 bomb victims, single-handedly operating on   dozens of them to take out splinters and sew up gaping wounds.
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Aid workers distributed the first "Save the Family Life Starter Kits" that include a boat and a house to put survivors of the tsunamis back on their feet, a charity group told AFP.
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A steep, winding road through jungle-covered mountains in the Indonesian province of Aceh amounts to the greatest potential lifeline to communities devastated by the tsunami. It is also a primary bottleneck in the Indonesian relief effort.
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SRINAGAR, India -- First, Kashmir's movie theaters became military bunkers. Then, the popular sports stadium was converted into housing for the Indian army. Libraries and intellectual salons stopped holding workshops and discussions; Sufi concerts and sitar lessons were canceled. Young people were...
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The devastation caused by Sunday&#39;s tsunami in South Asia has caused many Fairbanksans to come forward asking how they can contribute to relief efforts, according to a local Red Cross representative.
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Less than two weeks ago, Dr. Duane Gubler was walking the streets of Galle in Sri Lanka, heading a World Health Organization team assessing the country&#39;s response to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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PETER CAVE: As the death toll rises, the Sri Lankan Government has appealed to doctors all over the world to come forward and help the victims.
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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia on Tuesday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is saving lives.