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Turkey: Death toll rises to 42 after woman dies at hospital

Thursday, June 30th, 2016

 

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Terror in the terminal at Ataturk Airport

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

 

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Istanbul: One suicide bomber detonates himself

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

 

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Istanbul Airport

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

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UNICEF: The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of young children will die mostly preventable deaths by 2030 if global poverty is not addressed

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

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Saudi MOH: ‘2 New Confirmed MERS-CoV Cases Recorded’

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

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At least five people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a multiple suicide bomb attack in north-eastern Lebanon.

Monday, June 27th, 2016

BBC

 

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Female genital mutilation and excision (FGM/E) continues to be carried out in every region of Guinea. With the second highest prevalence of FGM/E worldwide after Somalia, 97% of women and girls aged 15 to 49 years in Guinea have undergone excision.

Monday, June 27th, 2016

JAMA

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Weather Patterns

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

National Weather Outlook

Central Great Lakes sector loop

Northeast sector loop

 

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The Alere™ Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) is a rapid diagnostic tool that provides qualitative detection of lymphatic filariasis (LF) infection and is the test recommended by WHO for mapping and monitoring LF elimination programs.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

NTDs

A newly developed FTS automated test reader was recently evaluated in Haiti.

 

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