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  • Swine flu casts a shadow over hajj 25 Nov 2009 18:32 GMT
    ... Four pilgrims from Morocco, India, Sudan and Nigeria have died of the H1N1 virus, and ... and 68 others are hospitalised. The Saudi health ministry said the victims had underlying problems ... said the victims had underlying problems including cancer and respiratory illness but experts have warned ...

  • Number of pilgrims at Hajj will be lower because of swine flu fears, say Saudis 25 Nov 2009 01:12 GMT
    ... Swine flu fears will hit Hajj numbers, say Saudis ... by the end of the week. Saudi health authorities announced at the weekend that four ... - and a girl aged 17 from Nigeria. The statement said the four had not ...

  • Hajj begins amid swine flu fears 25 Nov 2009 09:36 GMT
    ... numbers mainly because of fears about swine flu. A senior Saudi health ministry official told the BBC that international ... - and a girl aged 17 from Nigeria. The statement said the four had not ...

  • Swine flu 'will hit Hajj numbers' 25 Nov 2009 01:13 GMT
    ... Fear of swine flu is expected to reduce the number of ... by the end of the week. Saudi health authorities announced at the weekend that four ... - and a girl aged 17 from Nigeria. The statement said the four had not ...

  • Swine flu fears will hit Hajj numbers, say Saudis 25 Nov 2009 03:54 GMT
    ... Swine flu fears will hit Hajj numbers, say Saudis ... by the end of the week. Saudi health authorities announced at the weekend that four ... - and a girl aged 17 from Nigeria. The statement said the four had not ...

  • The Hajj: A perfect storm for swine flu? 25 Nov 2009 20:14 GMT
    ... killed four pilgrims this year, Saudi Arabia's health ministry announced Saturday, almost a week before ... The fourth was a 17-year-old girl from Nigeria. The Health Ministry said none had been ... and all had underlying health problems, including cancer and respiratory illness. A ministry spokesman said ...

  • Rainstorms, fears of swine flu snarl Islam's annual hajj 25 Nov 2009 20:10 GMT
    ... working with the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up clinics ... in the Cairo office of the World Health Organization, said "there is no evidence" that ... exhilaration of the spiritual experience to worry. Nigerian pilgrim Omar Issa said he chose not ...

  • WHO - New HIV Infections Down By 17 Percent 25 Nov 2009 10:40 GMT
    ... A new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme ... Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said new HIV infections had been reduced by 17 per ... eight years. Also, latest data on the Nigerian situation showed that there are 380,000 new ...

  • Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2010 - new report released 25 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
    ... Nigeria Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2010 - ... there is no replacement for a particular medicine. Instead, providing purpose-built centres are now the ... with the authorities due to establish Zonal Drug Distribution Centres (ZDDCs) in each of the ...

  • Swine Flu Curtails Pilgrims As Haj Begins 25 Nov 2009 11:53 GMT
    ... officials saying they expect lower turnout amid health concerns caused by the swine flu pandemic. ... died were from Sudan, Morocco, India and Nigeria. Four among 16 other cases of swine ... children, the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions from performing this year's haj. Copyright(c) ...

  • Finnish bird in Nigeria 25 Nov 2009 10:17 GMT
    ... zoo in Helsinki has been caught in Nigeria's north central state of Taraba, a senior ... the bird was free of any avian diseases, especially the H5N1 avian influenza A virus, ... evidence that the eagle is carrying avian flu or any other disease," he said. Avian ...

  • Nigerian Corpses - China Gives Dec 15 for Cremation 25 Nov 2009 09:50 GMT
    ... for the cremation of unclaimed corpses of Nigerians who died in China. According to the ... to have died from varied causes from diseases, accidents, drowning and so on. "Information received ... ranging from sickness/illness, motor vehicle accidents, drowning, drugs and unknown causes, whose remains are yet ...

  • AHF Launches Ambitious Global 'Testing Millions' World AIDS Day Campaign Hundreds of Organizations in 52 Countries Hope to Test Three Million People for HIV November 26th -- December 6th 25 Nov 2009 03:10 GMT
    ... Hope to Test Three Million People for HIV November 26th -- December 6th LOS ANGELES, Nov ... d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone ,South Africa, Swaziland, ...

  • Medical head knocks Narace for e-health slowdown 25 Nov 2009 08:15 GMT
    ... PRESIDENT of the Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) Dr Sundaram Arulrhaj says health minister Jerry Narace should have done more ... to the internet’. ’I am originally from Nigeria, but I work at one of the ...

  • Inver remembers Nigerian leader Ken Saro Wiwa 25 Nov 2009 12:10 GMT
    ... > Inver remembers Nigerian leader Ken Saro Wiwa Inver remembers Nigerian ... proposed route is 'unacceptable' on grounds of health and safety,” said a spokesperson. Contributors to ...


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