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		<title>Pakistan: Northern lake crisis worsens &#8211; 13,000 displaced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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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>Pakistan: Critiques of the 2005 quake reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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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>Pakistan: Civilians suffer from violence and neglect</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/12/pakistan-civilians-suffer-from-violence-and-neglect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan--Pakistan was convulsed by intense violence throughout 2009. Conflict between the Pakistani army and armed opposition groups in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) displaced more than two million people, while numerous bombings in major Pakistani cities killed hundreds and injured thousands. In the province of Balochistan, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Nine swine flu deaths prompt fear</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/12/pakistan-nine-swine-flu-deaths-prompt-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/12/pakistan-nine-swine-flu-deaths-prompt-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad--The death of at least nine people from H1N1 influenza since May 2009 has led to rising public fear and concern, and experts are calling on the government to introduce more preventative measures. 
Screening was introduced at airports during the summer but little else has been done to combat the disease. 
“The authorities are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Mother and Child Health Week brings health services to children and mothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Umerkot--Pneumonia is one of the main causes of death in children under five-years-old in Pakistan. Sidori Churon is one mother that wanted to prevent such a death from happening to her child. She and her four-month-old baby, Isar, attended a health session designed to teach mothers how to spot the signs of pneumonia in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Bomb-blast victims lack trauma care, counselling</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/pakistan-bombblast-victims-lack-trauma-care-counselling/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/pakistan-bombblast-victims-lack-trauma-care-counselling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR--The huge bomb blast in the western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 29 October which left 117 people dead, many more injured and an unknown number of trauma victims was the most deadly this year.
According to the New Delhi-based Institute of Conflict Management, the blast was the latest in violence that claimed 6,715 lives in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: Clandestine abortions threaten the health of millions</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2009/11/pakistan-clandestine-abortions-threaten-health-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE--People living along the busy Temple Road in Lahore, the capital of the eastern Punjab Province, are accustomed to some unusual sights.
“Every now and then we see blood or parts of an aborted foetus floating in the drain that runs past the houses and shops,” said Rubina Bibi, a housewife.
The street in Lahore is home [...]]]></description>
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