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Health

Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children to put progress back on track

African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week (24¨C30 April) theme is ¡°The Big Catch-Up¡±, to reach kids who missed vaccinations, and to restore and strengthen routine immunization programmes
World Health Organization
By WHO
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Africa fights the ¡®people trade¡¯

Scourge of human trafficking ensnares hundreds of thousand
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Relief efforts gear up for Zimbabwe

Donors look for more progress on national reconciliation
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Enlisting men for women¡¯s equality

South African initiatives against sexual violence, gender i
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Bringing water to Africa¡¯s poor

Expanded access requires more funds, efficiency and capacity
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Pact to end use of children in war

States vow to ¡®spare no effort¡¯ in freeing child soldiers
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New global anti-AIDS campaign kicks off

Towards prevention, care and treatment for all by 2010
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Seeking peace with justice in Uganda

International charges filed against northern rebel leaders
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¡®Children just do not have to die¡¯

Simple, cheap interventions can reduce African mortality rates
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Fixing the humanitarian aid system

UN, relief groups seek to bolster and speed up food delivery
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Giant step for Kenya¡¯s schools

Progress for both boys and girls towards Millennium education goal