TANZANIA: Govt issues RVF alert
DAR ES SALAAM, 17 October 2008 (IRIN) - Health authorities in Tanzania have urged people to take precautionary measures against Rift Valley Fever, saying there were signs that the disease might erupt.
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TANZANIA: Cholera kills four in northern districts
DAR ES SALAAM, 10 September 2008 (IRIN) - Four people have died of cholera and dozens were admitted to health centres in the northern Tanzanian region of Mara, according to health officials.
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TANZANIA: Vaccination campaign treats millions of children
DAR ES SALAAM, 2 September 2008 (IRIN) - Millions of parents and guardians sent their children to be vaccinated on 30 and 31 August in a national campaign against measles, polio and other diseases, officials said on Tuesday.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meal planning
JOHANNESBURG, 22 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced it will go ahead with plans to set up a regional grain reserve, while urging member states not to impose export restrictions on maize as the region grapples with high food prices.
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EAST AFRICA: Help pastoralists adapt to climate change - Oxfam
NAIROBI, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Pastoralists in East Africa's arid and semi-arid lands need to be empowered to adapt to, and survive, climate change, a report by a humanitarian organisation says.
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ZIMBABWE: SADC's big headache
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) - If the Southern African Development Community (SADC) "wished to be taken seriously" it would have to declare Robert Mugabe's presidential claim illegitimate, a regional analyst told IRIN.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC calls for poll postponement
MBABANE, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election scheduled for 27 June should be called off, regional leaders meeting in Swaziland said on Wednesday
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