News Topic - Tanzania
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CROP Walk trip to benefit fight against hunger
NORMAN — Brenda Wheelock has been helping people all over the world for years, yet she has never traveled outside the United States.That is likely to change in February when she expects travels to east Africa with regional leaders of CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk, a p ... more »
NewsOK.com – Nov 25, 2008 06:54 AM [GMT] – comment?
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NORMAN — Brenda Wheelock has been helping people all over the world for years, yet she has never traveled outside the United States.That is likely to change in February when she expects travels to east Africa with regional leaders of CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk, a p ... more »
NewsOK.com – Nov 25, 2008 06:54 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Combination Therapies May Be Almost As Effective As Insecticide-treated Bednets In Preventing Malaria In Areas Of Low Transmission
Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) could be almost as effective in reducing transmission of malaria as insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) in areas of low transmission, a study based on data from Tanzania has found. In high transmission areas, long-acting antimalarial regimens may be needed to ... more »
Science Daily – Nov 25, 2008 01:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) could be almost as effective in reducing transmission of malaria as insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) in areas of low transmission, a study based on data from Tanzania has found. In high transmission areas, long-acting antimalarial regimens may be needed to ... more »
Science Daily – Nov 25, 2008 01:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Simon Tisdall: Western policy for Africa lacks coherence as attention flits from crisis to crisis
Rarely have Africa's problems received as much international attention as in today's era of instant global media reach. And rarely has that attention been so fleeting. From the Horn of Africa to the Great Lakes region to Zimbabwe, one crisis after another flits across front pages and telev ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 24, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Rarely have Africa's problems received as much international attention as in today's era of instant global media reach. And rarely has that attention been so fleeting. From the Horn of Africa to the Great Lakes region to Zimbabwe, one crisis after another flits across front pages and telev ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 24, 2008 9:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Combination therapies may be almost as effective as treated bednets in preventing malaria
Artemisinin-combination therapies could be almost as effective in reducing transmission of malaria as insecticide-treated bednets in areas of low transmission, a study based on data from Tanzania has found. In high transmission areas, long-acting antimalarial regimens may be needed to achieve signif ... more »
EurekAlert! – Nov 24, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Artemisinin-combination therapies could be almost as effective in reducing transmission of malaria as insecticide-treated bednets in areas of low transmission, a study based on data from Tanzania has found. In high transmission areas, long-acting antimalarial regimens may be needed to achieve signif ... more »
EurekAlert! – Nov 24, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Top British terror suspect killed in US missile strike
A British man suspected of close links to al-Qaeda's leadership and involvement in a high-profile bomb plot in Britain has reportedly been killed in an American missile strike in the volatile border regions of Pakistan.Rashid Rauf, originally from Birmingham, was said to have died along with at ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 23, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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A British man suspected of close links to al-Qaeda's leadership and involvement in a high-profile bomb plot in Britain has reportedly been killed in an American missile strike in the volatile border regions of Pakistan.Rashid Rauf, originally from Birmingham, was said to have died along with at ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 23, 2008 12:37 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Peace Corps teaches life lessons
Marissa Krause said she had no idea where Tanzania was until the Peace Corps assigned her to teach health education there as part of a 27-month program.
La Quinta Sun – Nov 20, 2008 01:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Marissa Krause said she had no idea where Tanzania was until the Peace Corps assigned her to teach health education there as part of a 27-month program.
La Quinta Sun – Nov 20, 2008 01:57 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Tanzania Media Houses Launch HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies
Eighteen Tanzanian media houses on Sunday launched HIV/AIDS workplace policies in response to news from the Tanzania Health Index Survey that the country could lose 9% of its most economically productive population to the disease by 2020, the Tanzania Daily News reports. According to Fatima Mrisho, ... more »
Medical News Today – Nov 19, 2008 1:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Eighteen Tanzanian media houses on Sunday launched HIV/AIDS workplace policies in response to news from the Tanzania Health Index Survey that the country could lose 9% of its most economically productive population to the disease by 2020, the Tanzania Daily News reports. According to Fatima Mrisho, ... more »
Medical News Today – Nov 19, 2008 1:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Youth gain new perspective abroad
They went to change Africa - but, it was Africa that changed them.Ten teenagers from an Etobicoke church group travelled to Tanzania this past summer, tasked with lending a helping hand to communit...
InsideToronto.com – Nov 18, 2008 6:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
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They went to change Africa - but, it was Africa that changed them.Ten teenagers from an Etobicoke church group travelled to Tanzania this past summer, tasked with lending a helping hand to communit...
InsideToronto.com – Nov 18, 2008 6:50 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Supertanker Sirius Star hijacked by pirates fully loaded with crude oil
The owner of a Saudi supertanker, which was hijacked by Somali pirates several hundred miles out to sea, says the 25 crew on board are safe and the ship is fully loaded with crude.Vela International Marine Ltd, a Dubai based company, said response teams have been established and are working to ensur ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 18, 2008 11:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
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The owner of a Saudi supertanker, which was hijacked by Somali pirates several hundred miles out to sea, says the 25 crew on board are safe and the ship is fully loaded with crude.Vela International Marine Ltd, a Dubai based company, said response teams have been established and are working to ensur ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 18, 2008 11:06 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TTCL) Deploys FTS' End-to-End Billing Solution
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PR Newswire – Nov 18, 2008 08:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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PR Newswire – Nov 18, 2008 08:36 AM [GMT] – comment?
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