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		<title>Tajikistan: Polio outbreak is cause for alarm</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/06/tajikistan-polio-outbreak-is-cause-for-alarm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tajikistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ottawa ON--The rapidly growing polio outbreak in Tajikistan raises serious concerns that the disease could spread to other regions in the world, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). It is imperative that health agencies attempt to limit further spread by ensuring high vaccination rates.
Polio is a serious disease that can cause paralysis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh: New study links 1 in 5 deaths to arsenic in the drinking water</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/06/gladesh-new-study-links-1-in-5-deaths-to-arsenic-in-the-drinking-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago IL--Between 33 and 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic in the drinking water—a catastrophe that the World Health Organization has called "the largest mass poisoning in history." A new study published in the current issue of the medical journal The Lancet provides the most complete and detailed picture to date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Northern lake crisis worsens &#8211; 13,000 displaced</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-northern-lake-crisis-worsens-13000-displaced/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-northern-lake-crisis-worsens-13000-displaced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hunza-- Further landslides are exacerbating the threat that a newly formed 16km-long lake on the River Hunza in northern Pakistan may burst its banks, with local NGOs saying up to 13,000 people have already been displaced.
Federal Minister Manzoor Wattoo has told journalists in Islamabad the government has decided to release funds to the local authorities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal: Specialists call for stronger measures to combat diarrhoea</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/nepal-specialists-call-for-stronger-measures-to-combat-diarrhoea/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/nepal-specialists-call-for-stronger-measures-to-combat-diarrhoea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News: Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diarrhoea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kathmandu--Aid agencies are urging Nepal to implement stronger water and sanitation measures to prevent diarrhoea outbreaks, which claim hundreds of lives each year.
Ahead of next month's monsoon season - the four- to five-month period when there is a spike in diarrhoea-related deaths - aid workers have been calling on the government to prepare for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Critiques of the 2005 quake reconstruction</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-critiques-of-the-2005-quake-reconstruction/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-critiques-of-the-2005-quake-reconstruction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News: Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad--The devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Pakistan in October 2005 led to the establishment of a government body tasked with coordinating the emergency response, early recovery and reconstruction of homes and infrastructure in an area spanning 30,000sqkm of mountainous terrain.
The Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has been credited with overseeing the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Building back better in quake zone</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-building-back-better-in-quake-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/pakistan-building-back-better-in-quake-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News: Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad--What do you do when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes in rugged mountainous terrain killing more than 73,000 people? How do you respond to the needs of the 3.5 million people made homeless? Who coordinates the emergency response, early recovery and reconstruction of an area the size of Belgium where some 600,000 homes, 6,000 schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: 22-year-old female with H1N1 in critical condition</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/hong-kong-22-year-old-female-with-h1n1-in-critical-condition/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/hong-kong-22-year-old-female-with-h1n1-in-critical-condition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson for Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) announced a newly confirmed critical case of human swine influenza (HSI):
A 22-year-old female patient with good past health attended the Accident and Emergency Department of the hospital on May 12 due to fever, cough and vomiting. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: More reports of paralytic shellfish poisoning related to consumption of fresh scallops</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/05/hong-kong-more-reports-of-paralytic-shellfish-poisoning-related-to-consumption-of-fresh-scallops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (May 18) repeated its appeal to members of the public to avoid eating fresh scallops for the time being as more reports of suspected paralytic shellfish poisoning were received.
A spokesman for CHP said that as at 3pm today, the centre had received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: Taliban IEDs take toll on civilians</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/afghanistan-taliban-ieds-take-toll-on-civilians/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/afghanistan-taliban-ieds-take-toll-on-civilians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News: Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEDs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improvised explosive device]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kabul--Hidden on roadsides, behind boulders or on cultivated land, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are killing or maiming dozens of civilians every month, according to rights groups and government officials.
IEDs killed 773 civilians in 2009 - over 32 percent of the total 2,412 civilian deaths - according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
Afghan rights watchdog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timor-Leste: Cuban connection helps healthcare woes</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/timor-leste-cuban-connection-helps-healthcare-woes/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/timor-leste-cuban-connection-helps-healthcare-woes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Timor-Leste]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dili--Well before 8am, the reception at Bairo Formosa health centre in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, is bursting with people. The medical staff - a Timorese dental specialist, public doctor and six Cuban medics - see up to 600 patients a day.
Since independence in 2002, one of the biggest challenges facing Asia’s newest nation has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines: Government must counter &#8220;culture of disaster&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/philippines-government-must-counter-culture-of-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/philippines-government-must-counter-culture-of-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philippines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture of disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disasters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manila--Filipino authorities say the country has learned tough lessons in disaster risk management after the deadly storms last year, but warn that a “culture of disaster” still prevails.
Officials say the government has been working diligently to relocate thousands of families before this year's typhoon season but raising awareness about disaster prevention and appropriating sufficient funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Drought heightens forest-fire risk</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/04/vietnam-drought-heightens-forest-fire-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hanoi--Vietnam is bracing for further forest fires because of the continuing drought.  
“The increase in forest fires is one of the most severe and visible impacts of the drought,” Pham Manh Cuong, a senior forest and environmental officer with the Vietnamese Forestry Directorate, told IRIN in Hanoi on 30 March.
Experts describe it as one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam: Life-threatening landmine scavenging on the increase</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/vietnam-life-threatening-landmine-scavenging-on-the-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/vietnam-life-threatening-landmine-scavenging-on-the-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dong Ha--Nguyen Luong Quy was planting a tree on a coffee plantation on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thout, the largest city in Vietnam’s Central Highlands in 2000, when his shovel hit a hard metal object.
“There was a big explosion and I must have been knocked unconscious,” the 37-year-old farmer told IRIN. “I woke up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: Two fatal cases and one critical case of H1N1</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-two-fatal-cases-and-one-critical-case-of-h1n1/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-two-fatal-cases-and-one-critical-case-of-h1n1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority today (January 22) announced two fatal cases and one critical case of human swine influenza (HSI):
A 57-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Caritas Medical Centre on December 16, 2009, for fever and cough.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: 60-year-old male with H1N1 dies</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-60-year-old-male-with-h1n1-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson of United Christian Hospital (UCH) made the following announcement January 19 regarding the death of a human swine influenza (HSI) patient:
A 60-year-old male patient with terminal stage myeloma attended the Accident and Emergency Department of UCH on January 16 with fever and flu-like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China: An epidemic of c-sections &#8211; WHO</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/china-an-epidemic-of-c-sections-who/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beijing--Nearly one in two births in China are delivered by cesarean section, of which a quarter are not medically necessary, the latest survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found.
Unnecessary C-sections jeopardize women's health by raising the risk of complications, the WHO warned. And, babies born through C-section are more likely to develop respiratory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China: Over 86,000 vaccinated against H1N1 in Macao</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/china-over-86000-vaccinated-against-h1n1-in-macao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macao--A total of 86,067 people in Macao have been inoculated with the A/H1N1 vaccines so far, according to the figures released on Thursday by Macao's Health Bureau.
Some 1,165 people were inoculated with the vaccines on Thursday alone, which was initiated by the Bureau in November last year.
Macao is a place with high population density, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia: Bird flu cases down but risk remains high</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/indonesia-bird-flu-cases-down-but-risk-remains-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jakarta--Indonesia reported fewer deaths from bird flu in 2009, but health specialists warn that the risk to humans remains high.
Indonesia's Health Ministry said 20 people were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus last year and 19 cases were fatal. The country recorded 24 cases in 2008, 20 fatal.
Since 2005, Indonesia has had 161 bird [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh: Pesticide poisoning takes its toll</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/bangladesh-pesticide-poisoning-takes-its-toll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dhaka--An annual government survey of Bangladesh’s health situation has found that pesticide-related poisoning is a leading cause of death, underscoring a major health concern.
The 2009 Health Bulletin, which compiles health statistics from 2008, recorded 7,438 pesticide-related poisoning deaths at more than 400 hospitals nationwide amongst men and women aged 15-49.
Of the deaths, direct pesticide poisoning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tajikistan: Appeal for earthquake rebuilding support</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/tajikistan-appeal-for-earthquake-rebuilding-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London--While the international humanitarian community attempts to get relief to hundreds of thousands of survivors of the devastating 12 January Haiti earthquake, the Tajikistan government has appealed for support to build seismic resistant houses after some 7,000 people were affected by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that shook the country on 2 January.
“CoES [the Tajik Committee of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand: Act now to stop Bangkok sinking, urge scientists</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/thailand-act-now-to-stop-bangkok-sinking-urge-scientists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News: Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok--Bangkok is likely to face such severe flooding by the middle of this century that parts of the Thai capital may have to be abandoned unless radical action is taken soon, experts warn.
Subsidence and poor urban planning have resulted in the low-lying city gradually sinking between 2cm and 5cm a year, according to researchers in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: Two more Norwegian-like mutations of H1N1 influenza virus detected</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-two-more-norwegian-like-mutations-of-h1n1-influenza-virus-detected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health had made two more detections of a human swine influenza (HSI) virus strain with mutation similar to the one reported by Norway last year.
The two new cases involved two women, 53 and 59 years old respectively.  The 53-year-old woman developed fever and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: 79-year-old male with H1N1 in critical condition</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-79-year-old-male-with-h1n1-in-critical-condition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) today (January 12) made the following announcement regarding a newly confirmed critical human swine influenza case：
A 79-year-old male patient with a history of respiratory disease and hypertension was admitted to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: CHP investigating acute gastroenteritis outbreak at kindergarten</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-chp-investigating-acute-gastroenteritis-outbreak-at-kindergarten-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (January 11) reminded members of the public and management of institutions to maintain strict personal and environmental hygiene to prevent gastroenteritis.
The appeal was made following the CHP's investigation into an acute gastroenteritis outbreak in a kindergarten in Tsuen Wan.
The affected, 11 male [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong: Two new critical cases of H1N1 influenza</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2010/01/hong-kong-two-new-critical-cases-of-h1n1-influenza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[influenza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong--The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority today (January 11) announced two new critical cases of human swine influenza (HSI):
A 45-year-old male patient with good past health developed flu symptoms on January 6 and attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital on January 9.  He [...]]]></description>
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