Nigeria | 20120404 At the beginning of 2012, WHO was notified by the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria of an outbreak of Lassa fever. As of March 22, 2012, 623 suspected cases, including 70 deaths have been recorded from 19 of the 36 States since the beginning of the year. Laboratory analysis undertaken...
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Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire firefighters train crews in Africa
Oxfordshire | 6 March 2012 Firefighters from Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service are travelling more than 3,000 miles to provide vital training to local fire crews in Ghana. The group, which includes firefighters from across the UK, will be flying out on Friday 9 March to deliver a two week programme of...
Nigeria | Mass lead poisoning due to mining activities
Zamfara State Nigeria | The mass lead poisoning from mining activities in Zamfara State in Nigeria, which was discovered in March 2010, continues to affect villagers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs): Anka, Bukkuyum and Maru. While the full scale of the problem is still not fully determined, a survey carried out by the...
Ethiopia – Addressing road crash toll a priority
Addis Ababa – IRIN — Improved access to emergency medical care and compulsory third-party insurance coverage could help to lower Ethiopia’s high road-traffic accident death toll, say officials. “At least one person dies out of five car accidents occurring in this country,” said Bamlaku Alemayehu, inspector of Ethiopia’s National Road Safety Coordination Office....
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