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Malaria outbreak in Mumbai
MUMBAI, Aug 20: India is battling record levels of malaria infection in Mumbai, health officials said on Friday. Authorities in the financial hub have drafted in experts from Medecins Sans Frontieres to tackle an outbreak which has seen nearly 4,000 cases this month alone.—AFP
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Floods recede but leave behind health hazards
PESHAWAR, Aug 5: The flash floods having receded, the environmentalists are now concerned about the looming threat of epidemics that standing slush all around poses to the affected low-lying areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
06 August, 2010
06 August, 2010