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Dakar, Senegal

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WEST AFRICA: Meningitis emerge...

WEST AFRICA: Meningitis emergency vaccine stock tapped early

Friday, March 6, 2009
 The UN World Health Organization’s meningitis vaccine stockpile programme has already tapped into its inventory, weeks before the worst of the...
Synchronized polio campaign ki...

Synchronized polio campaign kicks off across eight countries in West Africa

Sunday, March 1, 2009
Fifty-three million children under five are expected to be reached across eight West African countries in a coordinated polio immunization campaign...
WEST AFRICA: When there is no ...

WEST AFRICA: When there is no village doctor

Thursday, February 5, 2009
An international financial recession threatens to worsen the “severe medical workforce crisis” faced by almost 60 African and Asian countries,...
GLOBAL: Helping health provide...

GLOBAL: Helping health providers treat trafficking victims

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Health providers – frequently the first professional a trafficking victim consults for help – are often thrust into the fight against organised crime...
AFRICA: Wiping out hunger— one...

AFRICA: Wiping out hunger— one fruit fly at a time

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
For years, farmers in one of Senegal’s most mango-rich zones, Keur Mbir Ndao, 80km east of the capital, were losing more than half their harvests....
Sengalese High Schools hit by ...

Sengalese High Schools hit by supernatural phenomenon

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Reports monitored by the Daily Observer indicate that Senegalese High Schools are being hit by supernatural phenomenon. Since last Friday school...
WALFADJRI’S AUDIENCE CREDIT JA...

WALFADJRI’S AUDIENCE CREDIT JAMMEH’S HIV CURE

Friday, December 14, 2007
Senegal’s public opinion and Islamic scholars, on Friday, gave credit to President Jammeh’s cure against HIV/AIDS. Jammeh’s cure was the debate...