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Archive for August 17th, 2008

Egyptian nurses tend to newborn septuplets at the el-Shatbi hospital in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. The newborns, four boys and three girls, were delivered by caesarian section at the end of the eighth month of 27-year-old Ghazala Khamis’ pregnancy. (AP Photo/Tarek Fawzy)

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian mother of [...]

Grace Odhiambo, one of the teachers at Rabuor Nursery School, in Rabuor village, Kenya is shown in June 2008, leading the children in song during morning assembly. Led by Loyce Mbewa-Ong’udi and her mother, Rabuor rose from the depths of the AIDS epidemic to build a nursery school, feeding program, pharmacy, youth group and other [...]

Britain is likely to face a growing problem of “home alone” old men as the number of male over-60s living alone in Britain hits one million for the first time, according to research by the Help the Aged charity.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)

LONDON (AFP) -
Britain is likely to face a growing problem of “home alone” old men as [...]

Kinder im Alter von 5 bis 8 Jahren, die unter einer Zwangsstörung leiden, können mit einer familienbasierten kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie sehr wirksam behandelt werden. Der Fokus dieser Behandlung liegt darin, sowohl das Kind, als auch die Eltern anzuleiten, damit sie die Erkrankung besser verstehen können, lernen, mit ihr umzugehen und im Ergebnis die Symptome reduziert werden [...]

COTONOU (AFP) - Plus de 150 cas de choléra, dont un décès, ont été enregistrés depuis le début de la semaine dans la métropole béninoise Cotonou, a déclaré à l’AFP le ministre béninois de la Santé Késsilé Tchalla.
“Nous avons dénombré depuis le début de la semaine un peu plus de 150 cas dont un est [...]