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  • [Tanzania - Zanzibar] There can be a brighter future. With appropriate community planning, medical care and intensive distribution of mosquito nets Jambiani village in Zanzibar witnessed a downfall in malaria cases from 90 percent in 2000 to 0.89 percent
    Zanzibari children, like these at Jambiani village, will benefit from the new education policies.
  • [Angola] 33-year-old Maria Joao, one of the three sleeping sickness patients in the ward. Although she looks thin and unwell, doctors say she is well on the way to recovery. [January 2006]
    Maria Joao, 33, one of the three sleeping sickness patients in the Caxito ward. Although she looks thin and unwell, doctors say she is well on the way to recovery
  • [Namibia] Plans to extend the power grid to informal settlements - but help is needed.
    Power cuts have already cost the economy several millions
  • [Iraq] Poverty in Iraq increased as children are suffering with hungry. [Date picture taken: 11/11/2004]
    Poverty often hits children hardest
  • [DRC] Roman Gitenet, Medecins Sans Frontieres coordinator in Katanga, DRC.
    Roman Gitenet, Medecins Sans Frontieres coordinator in Katanga, DRC.
  • [Uganda] The Uganda’s government proposal in 2005 to combat malaria with the insecticide DDT has sparked international debates about the dangers that this chemical might impose on an environmental and human scale.
    Uganda government's proposal to combat malaria with the insecticide DDT sparked international debates about the dangers that the chemical might impose on an environmental and human scale
  • [Uganda] The distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN), both in the most populated and the more isolated regions of sub-Saharan Africa is proving to be a crucial step in the fight against malaria.
    The distribution of insecticide treated bed nets is effective in the battle against malaria
  • [Nepal] In the last half a century, the threat of malaria in Nepal decreased due to successful eradication programs. However, the parasitic infection remains a problem in the most endemic regions of the country, and a heavy burden for those who have to tr
  • [Lebanon] Students and professionals exchange ideas on tackling poverty. [Date picture taken: 01/28/2006]
  • [Global] Dr. Robert W Snow of the Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital and member of the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome  Trust Research Laboratories.
  • [Global] Chris White, malaria programme leader for the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF).
  • [Global] Awa Marie Coll-Seck, executive secretary of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership.
  • [Kenya] Joel and Benter Aketch, a couple from western Kenya.
  • [Swaziland] Lomcebo Dlamini director of the Swaziland chapter of Women in Law in Southern Africa.
    Selon Lomcebo Dlamini, rares sont les femmes qui tentent de trouver de l’aide auprès de la justice.
  • [DRC] Mayi-Mayi child soldiers in Katanga head for a re-integration centre. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
    Mayi-Mayi child soldiers in Katanga head for a reintegration centre.
  • [DRC] Mayi-Mayi children climbing onto truck ready to leave Dubie. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
    Les taux d’infection au VIH oscilleraient entre 30 et 60 pour cent, des chiffres que l’armée nie
  • [DRC] Mayi-Mayi children ready to leave Dubie, with army and UNICEF official. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
    Mayi-Mayi fighters, like these who surrendered recently in Katanga Province, started off as civil defence groups.
  • [DRC] Mayi-Mayi adults and children dancing before they were separated for re-integration. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
  • [Somalia] Sharif Hassan Shaykh Aden, Speaker of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament. [Date picture taken: 01/27/2006]
    Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, speaker of the Somali transitional parliament.
  • [Guinea] The tumble-down market in Coronthie, in central Conakry (the capital), where some shoppers are so cash-strapped that they buy tomato by the slice.[Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    Marché de Coronthie en plein coeur de Conakry
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] UN Headquarters in Abidjan [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    UN headquarters in Abidjan
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] UN Headquarters in Abidjan with holes made by Young Patriots. [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    UN HQ in Abidjan
  • [Nepal] Pro-king supporters registered their candidature at the Election Commission for the 8 February municipal elections despite serious threats from the Maoist rebels. [Date picture taken: 26/01/2006]
    Pro-king supporters registered their candidature at the Election Commission for the 8 February municipal elections despite serious threats from the Maoist rebels
  • [Guinea] Football fans take to the streets to celebrate Guinea's win in against Zambia in the Africa Nations Cup. [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    Guineans take to the streets to celebrate football victory - without the interruption of power cuts
  • [Zimbabwe] Radio Netherlands.
    Radio Netherlands blocked in Zimbabwe
  • [South Africa] Property business is booming in former black townships like Soweto.
    More people are buying properties in former black townships like Soweto
  • [Zimbabwe] VOP production was interrupted in 2002, when  a bomb attack on VOP's studios in Harare completely destroyed its production facilities.
  • [Egypt] A vendor at the book fair holds a copy of a CD by popular Islamic preacher Amr Khaled. [Date picture taken: 01/24/2006]
  • [Egypt] Activists discuss women's role in politics. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
    Activists discuss women's role in politics
  • [Pakistan] Atrjan finds it difficult to take care of her six children after her husband was killed in the 8 October quake. [Date picture taken: 12/20/2005]
    Widowed Atrjan and her daughter face many challenges
  • [Kyrgyzstan] A commercial sex worker on the streets of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
    A commercial sex worker on the streets of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek
  • [South Africa] TB diagnosis.
    Without x-ray machines or laboratories, which are unaffordable for many health facilities, diagnosing TB can be difficult.

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