Relief Workers Vaccinate Survivors in India to Prevent Epidemic
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Paramedics today began vaccinating more than 65,000 refugees in the south as authorities rushed aid to survivors of the tsunami that killed at least 4,400 people in India and left 8,000 missing, many of them feared dead, officials said.
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At least 700,000 health workers fanned out across Bangladesh on Saturday to immunise 24 million children against polio in a bid to tackle a surprise resurgence by the disease, an official said.
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India, home to the world's  second-largest HIV population after South Africa, began its  first ever human trials of a new vaccine against the deadly  virus Monday, the health minister said.
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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
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KANO, Nigeria  - Political leaders and health  workers launched a drive Saturday to immunize more than 80  million children against polio in 23 African nations and fight  back against a resurgence of the crippling disease.
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A doctor, a banker, an engineer and a scientist are working separatelyâand togetherâto bring lifesaving vaccines to children around the world. How inspired individuals can take on and conquer some of the world's biggest problems.
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Experts push for cervical cancer vaccines to be made available to the developing world.
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A new Indian-developed meningitis vaccine costing just 40 US cents per dose could help eradicate the disease in Africa following successful tests on children, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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India, home to the world's second-largest HIV population after South Africa, began its first ever human trials of a new vaccine against the deadly virus Monday, the health minister said.
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A nationwide polio vaccination campaign begins in India as part of the global UN drive to eradicate the virus.
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KOLKATA, India  - Workers sprayed roads and markets in Kolkata with disinfectants and culled thousands of birds as authorities in eastern India battled to stop an outbreak of bird flu in poultry reaching the crowded city.
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Survivors of the tsunami in South Asia face a long, fairly predictable list of threats to their health.
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There is progress toward a vaccine to prevent malaria. Researchers have been testing an experimental vaccine in Mozambique. This is what they have found: In a group of one thousand six hundred
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The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world
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Survivors risk water-borne diseases in the aftermath of the sea surges that struck across south and east Asia, aid groups say.
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NEW DELHI: With thousands of bodies rotting and infrastructure in tatters, authorities and medical relief workers fear an epidemic and severe shortage of food supplies along south Indian coastline and in Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Survivors of last month's  quake and tsunami in Indonesia still face the risk of deadly  disease outbreaks such as cholera, but epidemics could be  controlled, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.