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		<title>West Africa: Rice versus vegetables</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dakar-- Rice may still be a symbol of food security across Africa, but the cereal does little to boost nutrition, unlike vegetables, according to the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Vegetables should have their place in the fields and at the table alongside cereals commonly grown in arid countries, vegetable breeding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Africa: Yellow fever vax push amid shortages and resurgence of disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dakar--The world’s first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 160 million Africans are at risk [...]]]></description>
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