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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June of next year. That is almost one-third of its population. South Africa has the most people living with H.I.V. of any nation. The numbe

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By Shelley Gollust and Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: November 3, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Millions of people came through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the United States. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE

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A new opinion poll shows strong Turkish public support for Turkeys military campaign in Syria against a Kurdish militia. The AG polling company questioned Turkish citizens about the campaign. It reported that 90 percent of those asked expressed suppo

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Broadcast: Feb 02, 2003 The U.N. Children's Fund units service is starting a weeklong campaign to immunize thousands of Afghan women against tetanus. This is part of a global campaign to eliminate mat

UN to Launch Anti-Polio Campaign in India

Broadcast: Feb 05, 2003 U.N. agencies say they are getting ready to launch the largest-ever mass immunization campaign to fight an outbreak of polio in India. The agencies are planning to vaccinate 16

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The November fourth presidential election in the United States is only about three months away. The two candidates are in a close race. Recent opinion studies show voters are most concerned about the econo

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The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa

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BP stock continues to suffer, having plunged to a 13-year low, even as the company tries to rescue its damaged reputation amid the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a $50 million public relations campaign. But most crisis management expert

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U.S. President Barack Obama is devoting much of his time these days to one issue: reforming the nation's health care system. Concerns about the cost and scope of reform are growing among members of Congress and the general public. Mr. Obama is makin

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Activist Group Calls on S. Africa to Declare TB a Public Health Emergency A leading activist group is calling on the South African government to declare the countrys tuberculosis epidemic a public health emergency. The Treatment Action Campaign made

HEALTH REPORT - Tuberculosis and Women

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By Kari Barber Dakar 30 October 2007 Health workers in Liberia say it has been difficult to battle leprosy in the country and treat those who have it, because of the stigma associated with the disease. It has long been a local belief that the illnes

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HAVANA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's Ministry of Public Health launched an intensive sanitation campaign Monday against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which can spread dengue fever. The operation, which is running through Sept. 15, will cover the most vul

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By Jim Malone Washington 28 February 2008 The war in Iraq has reemerged as a central issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign. In recent days, Republican contender John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama have exchanged verbal salvos

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Special campaign launched to strengthen school bus safety

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