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December 2007
Liberia: Children’s Fund and France donate anti–malaria drugs
Countries in conflict: Views that HIV increases in war areas is challenged
Egypt: Female genital mutilation is outlawed by Government
Health development: World Bank grants for Ghana and Tanzania
Central Africa Republic: First delivery of aid for displaced people
Ethiopia: Polio immunization campaign for under five–year olds
August 2007
Sudan: United Nations initiative, a campaign to end obsteric fistula
Sudan: Darfur region, International donations to keep aid workers airborne
Africa: Water scarcity, event focuses on initiatives to deal with global issues
West Africa: Communities get further trials of meningitis vaccine
South Africa: Conference backs national goal to combat HIV/AIDS
Botswana: Ministry of Health, drug–resistant TB is greater challenge
Development: Consortium of world banks makes progress in aid
Liberia: Refugee agency continues repatriation of displaced
Conference: Accra declaration campaigns to improve road safety
April 2007
Johannesburg: Health Minister's Conference to be held 9–13 April
South Africa: Four provinces take part in study into vaccine trials
Nigeria: Reliable information ‘crucial’ in fight against flu virus
Nigeria: Prison conditions to be improved as reforms begin
Economic Commission: Aid not enough to meet millennium goals
South Africa: Tenth International Conference, Sun City in August
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